"I worked hard at becoming a professional football……" — Dick Butkus
"I worked hard at becoming a professional football player, just like society says you should. It said you had to be fierce. I was fierce. Tough. I was tough."
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15 Quotes by Dick Butkus
Dick Butkus has 15 quotes on this site.
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When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important,…
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We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it.
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Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession.…
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My thing is trying to convince them they can win.
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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…
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If we're not on them, they go back to their old ways.
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If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.
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The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They…
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Some parents were nervous about how they would portray everything, ... At a picnic the moms put on for the…
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The real reason for coming to Montour is my love and respect for football.
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If I were young, fast, healthy, and had a lot of money and my whole sex life ahead of me,…
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Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to…
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