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Walker married his college sweetheart, Cindy DeAngelis Grossman in 1983. After 19 years they divorced in 2002. They have one son together, Christian. Walker is a born-again Christian. He made a guest appearance on The Hour of Power, hosted by televangelist Robert Schuller. Walker has a fifth-degree black belt in tae kwon do and nearly made the Olympic team in the sprint relay. He competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics in two-man bobsled, finishing seventh.
In 1988, while still a Dallas Cowboy, he danced with the Fort Worth Ballet for a single performance. He ran the 100 meters in 10.22 seconds and the 100 yards in 9.3 seconds. He won back-to-back American Superstars competitions in 1987 and 1988.
In his 2008 autobiography Breaking Free, Walker revealed that he suffers from dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as "multiple personality disorder". He claimed that due to his disorder, he cannot remember the season he won the Heisman Trophy, let alone the moment. He also claimed that during one episode, he held a gun to his own head. He stated he did not remember the event. He is undergoing treatment for this condition.
On October 11, 2011 he visited the Central Park Campus (CPC) of Collin College in Mckinney, Texas, to discuss his dissociative identity disorder and ways to help change the conversation about mental health. The event was hosted by Ascend Health Corporation and the local chapter of Active Minds, a national organization that unites students in the goal to de-stigmatize mental health issues within the college and surrounding communities. He was a contestant in the second season of the Donald Trump reality television show Celebrity Apprentice. Although he owns a food service company, he was fired during the 8th episode for failing as Project Manager on a task to create a new meal for Schwan's LiveSmart frozen food line. Throughout the season, each celebrity raised money for a charity of his or her choice; Walker selected "Alternative Community Development Services."
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