Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Dat Nguyen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Dat Nguyen.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Dat Nguyen

Dat Tan Nguyen is a former American football linebacker who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for Texas A&M University, and earned All-American honors. He is the first Vietnamese-American to be drafted, play, and be recognized as an All-Pro in the NFL.

I got into sports, thankfully, because I didn't listen to my mother. — © Dat Nguyen
I got into sports, thankfully, because I didn't listen to my mother.
The best thing about high school football in the state of Texas is the whole town shuts down, and there's shoe polish all over businesses and stores. Everyone rallies around you.
We moved to a town that's predominately Caucasian, some Hispanic and one or two black families, and they do shrimping for a living. Here come hundreds of Vietnamese doing the same occupation. So there was a lot of tension because people were saying we were taking money, shrimp, fish or whatever it is.
Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.
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