Eric Dickerson Quotes

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• I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.
• I don't give players a chance to hit me.
• Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, "When are you gonna start running hard?" The wind…
• I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.
• I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much.
• I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one - and stay healthy.
• I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media…
• When I loved it, I loved it. It was nothing better.
• I hated the goggles, don’t get me wrong, but I felt naked without them. Almost like playing without a helmet.
• I heard that all the time. ‘He makes it look too easy, he doesn’t run hard.’ It was always a slight on me.
• Most of the hits I take come on top of the shoulder pads.
• I'm just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it's different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I'm not looking for any new…
• Anything will worry me. I may not get a check for the light bill off in time and I just get to worrying. I'm a…
• Playing the running back position, your legs, that's your living, that's how you make your living. You have to have great thighs, knees, everything.
• Them sportswriters don't even know how to put uniforms on, most of 'em.
• I don't love football the way I once loved the game. I don't look at it as fun anymore, and it definitely used to be…
• I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and…
• I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16. They…
• I've stayed buddies with my old buddy Jackie Slater. I talk to Jackie Slater. I play golf with Marcus Allen a lot. I play golf…
• In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract,…

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