By ALEX RASKIN
Published: 10:43 EDT, 13 June 2025 | Updated: 10:51 EDT, 13 June 2025
Barry Sanders, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and Heisman Trophy winner, suffered a heart attack last year, he has now revealed.
Sanders previously revealed a health scare last June, but it wasn’t until his recent CBS Sports interview that he acknowledged it was a heart attack.
Speaking with CBS Sports, Sanders said he's used the experience as an opportunity to get healthier.
'It's definitely made me healthier and happier,' Sanders told CBS. 'Being the kind of athlete that I was, I would see people walking and I would wonder, like, ''What kind of workout is that?''
'But there's a thing called a heart healthy workout, where you're just getting your heart rate up a little bit over a certain period of time, and that's just really good for your heart.'
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