Memory is what you did. Life is what you're doing.
The only rules not meant to be broken are those of love and virtue.
Know the difference between famous and great.
Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare myself. And my time will come." And you know, that's exactly what I said about myself and football - What do you think? Were Abe and I both just lucky ducks?
When I was a teenager, I was so dumb my mamma knocked me off the porch with a broom. You wish you had so good a mamma.
First, you've got to get the job. "Yeah, I can do it," I would say. When I was a kid, I could do anything. Lucky nobody ever asked me if I could fly a jet plane.
I reserve the right to change my mind. But once I decide on something, I'm going to need a good reason to switch.
I didn't always walk that straight line. I'm not going to say that I'm an angel. But I made some right decisions along the way.
I never had a desire to hurt anybody.
If I had to put a percentage on it - I'd say not likely.
When you win and you don't have anyone to share it with, why win? You have someone to share it with you.
He made us realize that if the mind was willing, the body can go.
You structure your system to fit him if he's going to be your guy.
I want to be recognized as the best-no doubt about it. When they say all-pro middle linebacker, I want them to mean Butkus!
My thing is trying to convince them they can win.
When I grew up in Flatbush, 'we played football, stickball and baseball all the time, right out there on the city streets. Football was my favorite.
He was like a second father to me (of George Halas)
I just liked to play football, no matter what the position.
Fans are fans. I hated and loved them, hated and loved them, hated and loved them.
My reality was that if there was a defenseless player, if that person didn't touch the ball, I would not hit them. I was not going to strike you if you didn't have an opportunity to get the ball.
There is no way that I could have survived if I had not changed my style of play.
The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.
Imagine yourself sitting on top of a great thoroughbred horse. You sit up there and you just feel that power. That's what it was like playing quarterback on that team [the Pittsburgh Steelers]. It was a great ride.
I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack the quarterback." That was nice. I thought it was lots better than saying, "Jones tackles the QB behind the line for another loss of yardage ..." It had a ring to it, and it caught on with the sports writers. But I tell you, doing it was a lot more fun than talking about it.
Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession. Football is something I was made for. I gave the game all I could for as long as I could. I guess my only regret was that my career was too short.
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