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Detroit woman wants to play in NFL. Here's why you shouldn't doubt her

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There are people in this world who say no. People who say stop. You can’t. This is not for you.

Then there are people — and probably very few — like Toni Harris, who don’t listen. They won’t accept no. They can’t be stopped by words or circumstance or someone else’s bias. Not by preconceived notions or others’ limitations. Not by cancer.

No. It’s a word Harris has heard often in her life. A word she has learned to ignore, to dispose of by using it as kindling to fuel her desire to excel.