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title: "40 Linebackers Quotes by 36 authors"
description: "Browse 40 Linebackers quotes by 36 authors. Discover the best Linebackers sayings and thoughts."
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> [I feel like when the secondary plays well, I feel it kind of trickles down to the linebackers, the D line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaquill-griffin/i-feel-like-when-the-secondary-plays-well-i-feel-it-kind-of-trickles/)

[Shaquill Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaquill-griffin/)

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> [Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bear-bryant/lee-roy-was-the-best-college-linebacker-bar-none-he-would-have-made/)

[Bear Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bear-bryant/)

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> [I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junior-seau/i-m-afraid-of-being-average-i-have-a-real-fear-of-being-just-another/)

[Junior Seau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junior-seau/)

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> [I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-parcells/i-like-linebackers-i-collect-em-you-can-t-have-too-many-good-ones/)

[Bill Parcells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-parcells/)

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> [I want to be recognized as the best-no doubt about it. When they say all-pro middle linebacker, I want them to mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-butkus/i-want-to-be-recognized-as-the-best-no-doubt-about-it-when-they-say/)

[Dick Butkus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-butkus/)

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> [In Detroit, the quarterbacks lift with all the linebackers and running backs and everybody else, so I'm doing that whole thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-stafford/in-detroit-the-quarterbacks-lift-with-all-the-linebackers-and-running/)

[Matthew Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-stafford/)

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> [I would probably be a linebacker today. I wouldn't be carrying the ball 20 or 25 times a game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bronko-nagurski/i-would-probably-be-a-linebacker-today-i-wouldn-t-be-carrying-the/)

[Bronko Nagurski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bronko-nagurski/)

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> [I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bryk/i-boxed-through-college-and-i-played-college-level-football-i-was-a/)

[Greg Bryk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bryk/)

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> [I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-almost-never-watch-tv-except-for-60-minutes-and-pro-football-i-love/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

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> [Today's woman puts on wigs, fake eyelashes, false nails, sixteen pounds of make-up/shadows/blushes/creams, living bras, various pads that would make a linebacker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maynard-james-keenan/today-s-woman-puts-on-wigs-fake-eyelashes-false-nails-sixteen-pounds/)

[Maynard James Keenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maynard-james-keenan/)

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> [I think you have to have a bit of an anger-management issue, to be honest with you. Usually, slot guys are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-baldwin/i-think-you-have-to-have-a-bit-of-an-anger-management-issue-to-be/)

[Doug Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-baldwin/)

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> [I feel like as a linebacker or a D-lineman, any cut, it's a man sport -- be a man, hit me up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-willis/i-feel-like-as-a-linebacker-or-a-d-lineman-any-cut-it-s-a-man-sport/)

[Patrick Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-willis/)

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> [Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-payton/never-die-easy-why-run-out-of-bounds-and-die-easy-make-that/)

[Walter Payton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-payton/)

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> [I'm very tall, so I like a guy who's bigger than me - it makes me feel feminine and safe. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-palicki/i-m-very-tall-so-i-like-a-guy-who-s-bigger-than-me-it-makes-me-feel/)

[Adrianne Palicki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-palicki/)

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> [We felt responsible for each other. The D-line's got to take care of that line of scrimmage, (the linebackers) have got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kawika-mitchell/we-felt-responsible-for-each-other-the-d-line-s-got-to-take-care-of/)

[Kawika Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kawika-mitchell/)

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> [Footwork is definitely key for a linebacker. We make our money playing laterally. You've got to be able to move side to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-spikes/footwork-is-definitely-key-for-a-linebacker-we-make-our-money-playing/)

[Brandon Spikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-spikes/)

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> [In all of nature structure determines function. Yet many people consider the marathoner and football linebacker all to be just one composite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-herbert-sheldon/in-all-of-nature-structure-determines-function-yet-many-people/)

[William Herbert Sheldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-herbert-sheldon/)

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> [I'm doing the exact same thing and adding a little bit more flexibility. I'm going to bench here. I'm not a kicker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-brindza/i-m-doing-the-exact-same-thing-and-adding-a-little-bit-more/)

[Kyle Brindza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-brindza/)

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> [Corner is probably different from safeties and linebackers, but I think the important part is coming out each and every day competing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mccourty/corner-is-probably-different-from-safeties-and-linebackers-but-i/)

[Jason McCourty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mccourty/)

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> [My breadth of football experience, my injury history, and my all-or-nothing goal to become one of the best linebackers in the NFL,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-borland/my-breadth-of-football-experience-my-injury-history-and-my-all-or/)

[Chris Borland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-borland/)

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> [Tori walked toward the bed. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her give Derek a once-over. "You know, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/tori-walked-toward-the-bed-out-of-the-corner-of-my-eye-i-saw-her-give/)

[Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/)

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> [I think a good quarterback or a good linebacker, a good safety, even though you have a lot of bodies moving out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-belichick/i-think-a-good-quarterback-or-a-good-linebacker-a-good-safety-even/)

[Bill Belichick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-belichick/)

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> [I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-have-long-understood-that-losing-always-comes-with-the-territory/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

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> [The linebacker has to make multiple, multiple decisions on every play. Not only what his assignment is and what the play is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-belichick/the-linebacker-has-to-make-multiple-multiple-decisions-on-every-play/)

[Bill Belichick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-belichick/)

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> [“Love hurts worse than getting slammed by a 250-pound linebacker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-kenneally/love-hurts-worse-than-getting-slammed-by-a-250-pound-linebacker/)

[Miranda Kenneally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-kenneally/)

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> [Linebacker is a lot more detail oriented and you have to know a lot more than a defensive end necessarily would on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cole/linebacker-is-a-lot-more-detail-oriented-and-you-have-to-know-a-lot/)

[Justin Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cole/)

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> [I want to be one of the best linebackers, if not the best linebacker, in the National Football League.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leighton-vander-esch/i-want-to-be-one-of-the-best-linebackers-if-not-the-best-linebacker/)

[Leighton Vander Esch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leighton-vander-esch/)

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> [All the RPOs and the options that teams are running. They're always trying to match up their fastest guys up on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leighton-vander-esch/all-the-rpos-and-the-options-that-teams-are-running-they-re-always/)

[Leighton Vander Esch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leighton-vander-esch/)

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> [Getting to the linebackers is difficult. Blocking them is another challenge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-ferentz/getting-to-the-linebackers-is-difficult-blocking-them-is-another/)

[Kirk Ferentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-ferentz/)

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> [Criticizing lawyers for lawsuits is like criticizing linebackers for knocking people down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-dauten/criticizing-lawyers-for-lawsuits-is-like-criticizing-linebackers-for/)

[Dale Dauten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-dauten/)

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> [Whether it's with the front, the secondary, the linebackers, everybody has to do their job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/minkah-fitzpatrick/whether-it-s-with-the-front-the-secondary-the-linebackers-everybody/)

[Minkah Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/minkah-fitzpatrick/)

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> [Defensive lineman in the 3-4 isn't a glory position. He is supposed to tie up as many linemen as possible in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-matuszak/defensive-lineman-in-the-3-4-isn-t-a-glory-position-he-is-supposed-to/)

[John Matuszak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-matuszak/)

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> [The reality is that it's just the nature of the game. It's the nature of playing offensive line, defensive line, and linebackers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-borland/the-reality-is-that-it-s-just-the-nature-of-the-game-it-s-the-nature/)

[Chris Borland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-borland/)

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> [I always say we got 700 pounds of pork up front. They're going to hold guys down and allow us linebackers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takeo-spikes/i-always-say-we-got-700-pounds-of-pork-up-front-they-re-going-to-hold/)

[Takeo Spikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/takeo-spikes/)

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> [I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-jacobs/i-see-more-now-as-far-as-concepts-i-know-where-teammates-are-going/)

[Brandon Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-jacobs/)

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> [“They looked like linebackers on a prison football team, whose idea of commincation was to smash into something at full speed, preferably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-verdon/they-looked-like-linebackers-on-a-prison-football-team-whose-idea-of/)

[John Verdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-verdon/)

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> [I think that it definitely makes the transition easier being able to know linebacker and having also played on the defensive line.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cole/i-think-that-it-definitely-makes-the-transition-easier-being-able-to/)

[Justin Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cole/)

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> [I'm always looking at film, studying myself, comparing and contrasting with film of the great linebackers to see what I need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-mack/i-m-always-looking-at-film-studying-myself-comparing-and-contrasting/)

[Khalil Mack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-mack/)

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> [I already believe I am the best linebacker in the game. Now, I have to show one more thing ? that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-lewis/i-already-believe-i-am-the-best-linebacker-in-the-game-now-i-have-to/)

[Ray Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-lewis/)

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> [I mean, just the safety position, linebackers, you have to be able to communicate. You can't do sign language out there. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-chung/i-mean-just-the-safety-position-linebackers-you-have-to-be-able-to/)

[Patrick Chung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-chung/)

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