Ability Quote by Cris Carter

The reality is that it's just the nature of the game. It's the nature of playing offensive line, defensive line, and linebackers, where your…

— Chris Borland

The linebacker has to make multiple, multiple decisions on every play. Not only what his assignment is and what the play is, but all…

— Bill Belichick

That's what's fun about being a linebacker because you're commanding that whole defense.

— Leighton Vander Esch

Linebacker is a lot more detail oriented and you have to know a lot more than a defensive end necessarily would on any given…

— Justin Cole

I think that it definitely makes the transition easier being able to know linebacker and having also played on the defensive line. You can…

— Justin Cole

Whether it's with the front, the secondary, the linebackers, everybody has to do their job.

— Minkah Fitzpatrick

Footwork is definitely key for a linebacker. We make our money playing laterally. You've got to be able to move side to side and…

— Brandon Spikes

I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the…

— Junior Seau

It takes a very tough man to play defensive line at any level of football, but to be able to do it on a…

— Roman Reigns

I know it's really hard to be a 350-pound defensive tackle and try not to land on the quarterback, even though you've been doing…

— George Kittle

It really doesn't matter to me whether it's defensive end or linebacker. I just want to play the game of football. I've been working…

— Gaines Adams

That's kind of the job in a sense... you need to be able to protect the football and be aggressive and aggressively take what…

— Daniel Jones