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title: "4 Best football Quotes By Willie Lanier"
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> [My reality was that if there was a defenseless player, if that person didn't touch the ball, I would not hit them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/my-reality-was-that-if-there-was-a-defenseless-player-if-that-person/)

Willie Lanier

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> [Sometimes I do feel a little pressure, but not that much because we play different positions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/sometimes-i-do-feel-a-little-pressure-but-not-that-much-because-we/)

Willie Lanier

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> [There is no way that I could have survived if I had not changed my style of play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/there-is-no-way-that-i-could-have-survived-if-i-had-not-changed-my/)

Willie Lanier

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> [We had the kind of team that didn't back down from anybody. If they wanted to intimidate us, we could intimidate as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/we-had-the-kind-of-team-that-didn-t-back-down-from-anybody-if-they/)

Willie Lanier

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## Other authors on Best football

## More by Willie Lanier

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/my-reality-was-that-if-there-was-a-defenseless-player-if-that-person/)

Willie Lanier

> [Sometimes I do feel a little pressure, but not that much because we play different positions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/sometimes-i-do-feel-a-little-pressure-but-not-that-much-because-we/)

Willie Lanier

> [There is no way that I could have survived if I had not changed my style of play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/there-is-no-way-that-i-could-have-survived-if-i-had-not-changed-my/)

Willie Lanier

> [We had the kind of team that didn't back down from anybody. If they wanted to intimidate us, we could intimidate as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-lanier/we-had-the-kind-of-team-that-didn-t-back-down-from-anybody-if-they/)

Willie Lanier

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