Dick Butkus Quotes
When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.
If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.
We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it.
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.
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!
The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.
Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to get them out of that mental framework.
