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It was easy to get wrapped up in some of the negative stuff, but obviously I chose not to. I didn't want to get in trouble and end up in prison where I can't play football. It was as simple as that.

— Jermain Defoe

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I wanted to go into prison and come out a better person - mentally, physically. So, I read a lot of books, got my GED while I was in there, and worked out every day. Strong body, strong mind.

— Ja Rule

Jail was a result of me not taking time for myself. So I was forced to take some time for myself.

— Christian Slater

I had to go to jail, which was probably the most humbling thing I've ever had to deal with in my life.

— Austin Seferian-Jenkins

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

— Jack Henry Abbott

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

— Michael Vick

I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down inside, I felt there was something better outside the situation I was in.

— Michael Oher

Before playing football, I didn't fit in anywhere. My parents didn't have a lot of money, which they spent on our education to send us to Catholic private school in Oakland, mostly black. The other kids had more money than I did. I started school early; I was young. So I'd come back to my hood and read.

— Ryan Coogler

✗Opposing Perspectives

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.

— Laurence Housman

What I did, you know, being away from my family, letting so many people down. I let myself down, not being out on the football field, being in a prison bed, in a prison bunk, writing letters home, you know. That wasn't my life.

— Michael Vick

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.

— Michel Patini