Dick Butkus ,quotes

I want to be recognized as th...

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!

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

When I played pro football, I...

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

My thing is trying to convinc...

My thing is trying to convince them they can win.

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't e...

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

I wouldn't ever set out to hu...

I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important - like a league game or something.

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

Few people get to earn a livi...

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.

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

If I was smart enough to be a...

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 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

If I were young, fast, health...

If I were young, fast, healthy, and had a lot of money and my whole sex life ahead of me, I'd retire - like Secretariat.

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

I worked hard at becoming a p...

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 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

Some parents were nervous abo...

Some parents were nervous about how they would portray everything, ... At a picnic the moms put on for the team and coaches, I said that all the reality shows are turning around and showing good things, not bad things.

Dick Butkus 10.08.2025 20:57:02 26 quotes

I want to be recognized as the...

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!

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

Anything that happens that's g...

Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to get them out of that mental framework.

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

Some parents were nervous abou...

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

The bottom line is that these ...

The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

If I were young, fast, healthy...

If I were young, fast, healthy, and had a lot of money and my whole sex life ahead of me, I'd retire - like Secretariat.

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

If I was smart enough to be a ...

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 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

If we're not on them, they go ...

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

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

I worked hard at becoming a pr...

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 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

My thing is trying to convince...

My thing is trying to convince them they can win.

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

Few people get to earn a livin...

Dick Butkus 03.03.2018 03:03:03 26 quotes

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