Quote by Deion Sanders

He would have scored a touchdown if he hadn't been tackled right there.

— John Madden

I'm a smart tackler.

— Patrick Chung

He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the…

— Dizzy Dean

I'd never tackle on Walton Green. I was too busy doing the tricks, and I just didn't like defending. I'd intercept the ball because…

— Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Nobody has ever had to go off following one of my tackles and nobody has broken their leg.

— Paul Scholes

It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.

— Knute Rockne

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

— Joe Theismann

That non-league style of toughness and being gritty when you need to be is reflected in my game, and I do think that comes…

— Jude Bellingham

You just gotta do it, man. You can't count on the guy making the tackle in front of you.

— Jason Pierre-Paul

I don't complain if I get a hard tackle.

— Edgar Davids

Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.

— Jim Brown

When I started playing the game I was just worried about making that next tackle. Especially as a rookie, you're figuring out what you're…

— Brian Urlacher