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How does an NFL player decide to retire? 'I'm not done'

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Inside the visitors locker room at Texas Stadium, Emmitt Smith stared at his No. 22 Arizona Cardinals jersey and, through tears, said to himself: "I'm in the wrong place."

A season earlier in 2002, Smith became the NFL's career rushing leader in his 13th year with the Dallas Cowboys.