4.13: Nnamdi Asomugha Accepts Byron "Whizzer" White Award from Brian Dawkins
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The Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award is for the player who the NFLPA honors for work in the community as the NFL player who best served his team, community and country in the spirit of White.
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Tonight's winner of the award -- wife's name may be humbled as I was. What he should be also prop. As I was and still land. Humbled to be in service to our children our families. Our neighbors and proud to be associated with in -- -- players like Warrick -- Peyton Manning Reggie White and Gene Upshaw. Am proud to carry on it tradition of service. Started by a legend by our reason why. Ladies and gentlemen. For his work in promoting children's literacy. In fighting -- breast cancer. In mentoring -- youth. And a fourth and -- for -- home is where the hardy is with his work through his mother's foundation. In her native. Nigeria please welcome the 2000 and team I was a -- award winner non B Oscar. Don't I think this is unfair. Well. A kind of fill. Undeserving after hearing all of the things that these. Wonderful men do and and you play with them. Every Sunday but you don't know it. That's. I don't know how to say this is this is -- appreciate it Davey but he ducked I appreciate it this is. This is news coming thanks. Most notre prepares these but I'll go for about thirty seconds here. I'm not I really just wanted to help people. I didn't have any motive behind it wasn't about winning awards are getting recognition. -- That it it was just something that was in me as something that's been enemies since since I was a little kid I remembered. My dad used to. Every Christmas he would turn into Santa Claus and and give out gets around the neighborhood it and remember a couple of years I would just go with him. Just to see what it was like to do that and not ask for anything and just sitting in the background watching vet. You know I was able to see what it feels like to give someone attention. I was able to see what it feels like to give today and I was able to see though what it feels like to encourage someone.




















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