Nfl Quotes - Page 38

• I worked hard at becoming a professional football player, just like society says you should. It said you had to be fierce. I was fierce. Tough. I was tough.

  Dick Butkus

  Football, Player, Becoming

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• If we're not on them, they go back to their old ways.

  Dick Butkus

  Football, Way, Ifs

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• If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.

  Dick Butkus

  Football, Smart, Player

  Dick Butkus (1997). “Butkus: Flesh and Blood”, Doubleday Books

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• I played football with my whole body - My hands, my head, my face. I did it all.

  Earl Campbell

  Football, Hands, Body

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• I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.

  Earl Campbell

  Football, Running, Two

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• My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn't dance.

  Earl Campbell

  Football, Running, Style

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• I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.

  Earl Campbell

  Football, Block, Keys

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• I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.

  Eric Dickerson

  Football, Thinking, Parent

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• I don't give players a chance to hit me.

  Eric Dickerson

  Sports, Football, Player

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• Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, "When are you gonna start running hard?" The wind hits me in the face, and I feel so smooth - Man, I love to run!

  Eric Dickerson

  Football, Running, Men

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• I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.

  Eric Dickerson

  Running, Football, Believe

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• I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much.

  Eric Dickerson

  Sports, Running, Football

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• I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one - and stay healthy.

  Eric Dickerson

  Sports, Football, Winning

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• I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.

  Eric Dickerson

  Football, Thinking, Media

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• I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

  Tony Dorsett

  Football, Strong, Practice

  "Dallas Cowboys Legend Tony Dorsett: Bleacher Report Exclusive Interview". Interview with Jason Henry, bleacherreport.com. JANUARY 17, 2011.

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• You hope in this life that you grow and don't always repeat your mistakes.

  Tony Dorsett

  Football, Mistake, This Life

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• It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

  John Elway

  Football, Team, Player

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• I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

  John Elway

  Sports, Football, Believe

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• If you understand what the other team is trying to do to stop you, it makes your job easier.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Jobs, Team

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• My vision is my best attribute. I can see everything.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Vision, Attributes

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• Knowledge relaxes me. Football is all about playing faster. You play faster when you know more.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Play, Relax

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• I'm not a big power-and-strength guy, but I have a lot of balance, and I can take hits and stay on my feet. I control myself real good, shift my weight, and run real low. I do things that people haven't seen some of the running backs in the league do.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Running, Real

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• Once the game begins, I play to that song in my head. I run to rhythm, and that allows my mind to be free.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Running, Song

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• Going in is really more of an acknowledgment that kids in poverty, in their situations, can get out of it, and it doesn't always come from sports.

  Marshall Faulk

  Sports, Football, Kids

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• There's no fast track, no easy track, especially from where I came from. You try to take the most of it and learn from it and hope others learn from it. That's what it is about.

  Marshall Faulk

  Football, Track, Trying

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