--- title: "1 Hall Famers Quotes By Gale Sayers" description: "1 Hall Famers quotes by Gale Sayers. Plus more from Gale Sayers and more Hall Famers sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/gale-sayers-20373_also_what-happens-also-is-that-a-lot-of-those_1120646.png" --- > [What happens also is that a lot of those people and reporters who vote for Hall of Famers, some of the people who were around when Ray Guy was around, are deceased. And some of the reporters don't remember Ray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/what-happens-also-is-that-a-lot-of-those-people-and-reporters-who/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/gale-sayers-20373_also_what-happens-also-is-that-a-lot-of-those_1120646.png) ## More by Gale Sayers > [You need somebody just to say, 'Hey, I'm here for you. Do you need anything?' If you can get somebody like that, you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/you-need-somebody-just-to-say-hey-i-m-here-for-you-do-you-need/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [I was playing in the league when Ray Guy was playing in the league. He was the best kicker I've ever seen. He could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/i-was-playing-in-the-league-when-ray-guy-was-playing-in-the-league-he/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/there-comes-a-time-when-you-have-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/we-must-stop-the-trend-of-closing-schools-and-building-prisons/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [There are some people that probably should be in the Hall of Fame, but they're not for some reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/there-are-some-people-that-probably-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame-but/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [Football is a very short-term proposition. Football really prepares you for nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/football-is-a-very-short-term-proposition-football-really-prepares/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/i-learned-that-if-you-want-to-make-it-bad-enough-no-matter-how-bad-it/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [This is not a football film. It's about two individuals - two good friends telling their story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/this-is-not-a-football-film-it-s-about-two-individuals-two-good/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [What happens also is that a lot of those people and reporters who vote for Hall of Famers, some of the people who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/what-happens-also-is-that-a-lot-of-those-people-and-reporters-who/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [You have to prepare to quit, and this is what I did. I prepared to quit, so on the day that came when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/you-have-to-prepare-to-quit-and-this-is-what-i-did-i-prepared-to-quit/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [We had no preconceived ideas. We were on this football team to go out and win ballgames and try to win a championship, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/we-had-no-preconceived-ideas-we-were-on-this-football-team-to-go-out/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/i-had-a-career-that-was-very-short-but-it-had-a-lot-of-thrills/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [People think I played 10 years. I played 68 ball games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/people-think-i-played-10-years-i-played-68-ball-games/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/athletes-as-role-models-and-heroes-is-a-hoax-a-sick-hoax-the-men-and/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) > [I ran back punt returns and kickoff returns, and I played a pretty good game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-sayers/i-ran-back-punt-returns-and-kickoff-returns-and-i-played-a-pretty/) [Gale Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-sayers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hall-famers/gale-sayers/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hall Famers Quotes By Gale Sayers", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What happens also is that a lot of those people and reporters who vote for Hall of Famers, some of the people who were around when Ray Guy was around, are deceased. 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