A Hall of Famer and two-time Super Bowl champ, former cornerback Deion Sanders was about as brash and confident as any athlete of the past 25 years.
And he was able to use that flashiness to make sure he wore No. 21 when he first signed with the Dallas Cowboys in 1995.
With then-Cowboys cornerback Alundis Brice already occupying the number, Sanders
went out and surprised Brice with his dream car—a brand new, metallic blue, BMW 325i—and a note by his locker that read, "Now give me my damn jersey"...which Brice happily did.
While most of us can admit to having some sort of superstitions or routines, athletes seem to have a hell of a lot more than normal folks. One of those weird things is having a favorite number to wear...
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