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FOX NFL Sunday team honors the troops

Published Nov. 11, 2010 12:00 a.m. ET

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Our FOX NFL Sunday crew has great admiration for the men and women who serve in the military. On this Veterans Day, we were able to contact a few members of the team to share their thoughts.

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“It was great being around the servicemen and women last season in Afghanistan. They were so thankful for our presence. But, honestly, we are the ones who should be thanking them each and every day. At our seminar in August, Marcus Luttrell, a decorated Navy SEAL, mesmerized all of us at FOX about his final mission in which he lost three of his buddies and barely escaped with his own life. Americans need to remember these sacrifices every day, not just Veterans Day.” — Jimmy Johnson

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"We have had the privilege of getting the chance to spend time with the men and women who bravely and selflessly serve our country on bases and ships around the world. I ALWAYS walk away from each and every one of those experiences inspired and awed by the courage and resolve of our brave men and women. You are truly the very best of our great country. I want to thank you for your selfless service and I pray for your safe return home. God bless." — Howie Long

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For me, Veterans Day has a different feeling. I had lost a really close friend on 9/11, one of my dearest friends. I was down at Ground Zero looking for him and I’ll never, ever forget how people who are trained to kill and defend were so incredibly passionate in what essentially had become a war zone. They were there to protect, yet they were consoling all of us. And there were thousands of us.

"So that trip to Afghanistan last Christmas with the NFL on FOX crew really hit home, because we’re still there looking for the guy who masterminded the attack and the killing of so many of our friends. The men and women over there live a violent Groundhog Day every day. I was really touched. They didn’t know me and they don’t know many of us, but they put their lives on the line every day for all of us. I don’t know how they do it, but I thank God every day that they do. The biggest thing I came away with from our trip was a conversation I had with one of the soldiers. He had been blown up four times and I asked him why he didn’t just go home. He said he couldn’t do that because he had to be there 'for his guys.'

"Being in sports, you see camaraderie in the locker room, but that has nothing on this kind of brotherhood." — Jay Glazer

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