"If I was smart enough to be a……" — Dick Butkus

"If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player."

— Dick Butkus

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15 Quotes by Dick Butkus

Dick Butkus has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important,…
We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it.
Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession.…
My thing is trying to convince them they can win.
I want to be recognized as the best-no doubt about it. When they say all-pro middle linebacker, I want them…
I worked hard at becoming a professional football player, just like society says you should. It said you had to…
If we're not on them, they go back to their old ways.
The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They…
Some parents were nervous about how they would portray everything, ... At a picnic the moms put on for the…
The real reason for coming to Montour is my love and respect for football.
If I were young, fast, healthy, and had a lot of money and my whole sex life ahead of me,…
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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More Best Football Quotes

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Bad attitudes will ruin your team. — Terry Bradshaw
You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that… — Terry Bradshaw
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid. — Terry Bradshaw
As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy... there's… — Terry Bradshaw
Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought… — Terry Bradshaw
When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important,… — Dick Butkus
Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next… — Troy Aikman
I've always viewed myself as an achiever. I need to achieve for myself. — Troy Aikman
It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing… — Marcus Allen
But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody. — Marcus Allen
He knocks the hell out of people, but in a Christian way. — Sammy Baugh
Pros like myself played football not for money or glory, but for the simplest reason: the love of the game. — Chuck Bednarik

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