Cooper spoke about his mother, who had to walk three miles to get groceries for her family since they did not have a car, and a time when he realized just how much she had done for him.
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From AL.com :
Cooper finished behind Melvin Gordon for third place with 1,023 points.
Cooper called himself selfish.
“I just kept it to myself. It was just an example of how hard she worked, her getting off work so late or working so hard all ready,” a relaxed Cooper said Saturday night on a couch 45 floors above Times Square. “She sacrificed for us. You want to know how much somebody loves you, just look at how much they sacrifice.”
The Crimson Tide play Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
