Coming Quote by Earl Campbell

I want to be recognized as the best-no doubt about it. When they say all-pro middle linebacker, I want them to mean Butkus!

— Dick Butkus

I had a full-ride football scholarship as a middle linebacker.

— Maxwell Jacob Friedman

I really want to stand out as a middle linebacker.

— Bobby Wagner

I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They're the leaders, they make the calls. It didn't work out…

— Junior Seau

I heard I wasn't a good linebacker, I was too small and all that other stuff.

— Bobby Wagner

Playing halfback in high school and college was marvelous! It taught me how to get to the end zone. I wanted to make my…

— Tommy McDonald

I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker.

— Greg Bryk

Stan Hansen was a tough-as-nails freshman middle linebacker when I was a senior at West Texas State. He was a damn good football player,…

— Terry Funk

I was the sports captain in school. I've done everything - from javelin to discus to basketball to judo.

— Smriti Irani

I was a baseball player growing up and wanted to play ball.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I…

— Apolo Ohno

I started rockin' the BowTie when I was a rookie with the New York Giants.

— Dhani Jones