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Michael Oher back on top

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Panthers Mobile: Michael Oher Back On Top
http://yi.nzc.am/c61gGk

"I pinch myself just being in front of you guys," Oher said from his Super Bowl podium. "Knowing the road that I had to travel, it was very tough. Most people don’t get the chances that I’ve gotten. That’s why I work so hard, why I get up so early, why I try to be the first one in the building. I know where I came from, and it’s not somewhere I want to go back."

cool article and some video on him.

Also another article about how much Remmers loved "The Blind Side" and wouldn't give up 74.

http://espn.go.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/18828

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I liked how much Remmers gets on him about Blind Side and Oher generally does not like how the movie makes him look (didn't know football, etc) but accepts it from Remmers like it's family ribbing. Hearing that just reinforces everything we've heard about this team. Plus you don't get to see Oher speak much. Good articles.

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From the Panthers article...
 

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Oher signed a two-year deal with the Panthers, and a few weeks prior to the start of the season, he received messages from head coach Ron Rivera and general manager Dave Gettleman that blew him away.

"I got a text message (from Rivera) saying they appreciated me being here and they appreciated my hard work every day and my professionalism," Oher said. "Mr. Gettleman sent me a letter saying they valued me and stuff like that. It was crazy to me. These guys… it’s a great organization.

"People were saying I wasn’t even good enough to play right tackle. Now they want me to play left tackle. That was real big."

Backed by a team that wholeheartedly supported him, Oher felt he had a foundation to flourish. Combine Oher’s work ethic with some extra motivation provided by media members who proclaimed he was finished, and the Panthers had themselves a former first-round pick driven to get his career back on track.

"I’ve always been a hard worker. But having (toe) surgery and being released, I got a chance to learn more about myself and more about football. I studied nutrition, exercise and things like that," Oher said. "You have to look yourself in the mirror. You can’t put your dreams and the things you want to accomplish in other people’s hands."

That last sentence is a heck of a quote.

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