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NY Giants LB Devon Kennard Learned What It Takes to Be Successful from His Dad

November 22, 2014   ·     ·   Jump to comments

 
New York Giants linebacker Devon Kennard was only four years old when a photographer captured a charming moment of him with his father, Derek, then the starting center for the Dallas Cowboys.
The photo, from the Cowboys’ 27-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX, showed the young Kennard sitting atop of his smiling father’s shoulders, his right arm thrust into the air in victorious celebration of the Cowboys’ fifth Super Bowl championship. 
“Yeah, I remember that day, just what it was like, being on the field, and stuff like that,” the younger Kennard said with a laugh.
“It’s actually one of my fondest memories. I’m on my dad’s shoulders with my hand up in the air, saying ‘We won! We won!’ That was a memory that I’ve always wanted to strive for one day myself, to be able to do the same thing with my future child.”
 
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