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"Former NFL coach Jimmy Johnson has suggested that auditioning for Survivor could have saved his life.  Speaking on CBS&amp;#039;s The Early Show, the Super Bowl winner explained that he discovered he had two blocked arteries during his second attempt to land a place among the castaways.  &amp;quot;I tried to get on it about six or seven years ago, did all my applications and my video but they turned me down,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;I tried again about three years ago and went through the whole process and thought I&amp;#039;d get on - they pretty well accepted me. I went through the medical and the Survivor doctor called me and said, &amp;#039;Coach, we&amp;#039;d love to have you but you have two blocked arteries. One is 70% blocked, one is 100% blocked. You better see your cardiologist.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; He went on to say that he took the doctor&amp;#039;s advice and also adopted a &amp;quot;strict work-out routine&amp;quot; which saw his cholesterol drop. He added that he decided to try out for the show again once he was healthy. &amp;quot;Finally got on this time!&amp;quot; he laughed. &amp;quot;In fact, Survivor may have helped me survive.&amp;quot; Johnson - who previously said that he shared football stories to boost his teammates&amp;#039; morale - also discussed his audition tapes in a separate interview with TV Squad, saying: &amp;quot;One video, I was out on the beach and talking about how I can outwit and outlast. In another video I talked about how I&amp;#039;ve won a couple of national championships and a couple of Super Bowls and what better way to end a career than to win Survivor?&amp;quot; Survivor: Nicaragua premieres tomorrow night at 8/7c on CBS. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Survivor: Nicaragua&amp;#039;: Meet Jimmy Johnson "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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