You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. — Dan Birdwell Copy Share Image
The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the… — Red Grange Copy Share Image
I already believe I am the best linebacker in the game. Now, I have to show one more thing ? that I… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football. — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
Going in is really more of an acknowledgment that kids in poverty, in their situations, can get out of it, and it… — Marshall Faulk Copy Share Image
I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm… — Rob Gronkowski Copy Share Image
I wanted to be the best football player in the world. That was my dream. Except in Sweden it's not accepted. — John Guidetti Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in… — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it. — Dick Butkus Copy Share Image
There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would… — Diego Maradona Copy Share Image
My reality was that if there was a defenseless player, if that person didn't touch the ball, I would not hit them.… — Willie Lanier Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do feel a little pressure, but not that much because we play different positions. — Willie Lanier Copy Share Image
I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you.… — Earl Campbell Copy Share Image
You hear all this stuff about inner peace. Hey, there's nothing wrong with it, but I say, hit that line hard. Crack… — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one - and stay… — Eric Dickerson Copy Share Image
I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing. — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
The positions I played, every play, I was making contact, not like that Deion Sanders. He couldn't tackle my wife. He's back… — Chuck Bednarik Copy Share Image
Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best… — Hidetoshi Nakata Copy Share Image