Merlin Olsen Quotes
- I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available.
- The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.
- We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and…
- Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.
- Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.
- Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self- determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is…
- It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football.
- The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the…
- The focus of my life begins at home with family, loved ones and friends. I want to use my resources to create a secure environment…
- I just wanted to be an athlete.
- I can ski out of my back door.
- I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.
- I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.
- I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness…
- I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds.
- Sigma Chi was a learning experience for me in personal growth, in finding out more about myself, in shaping my life more effectively, and in…
- Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit.…
- After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind.
- I do not believe that there is any secret or single formula for success, but there are common threads of thought and action that characterize…
- Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years.