Eric Dickerson Quotes

It doesn't matter if you want to be in the NFL or do something else. If you want something great, you won't get it sitting around.

I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.

I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to.

Most of the hits I take come on top of the shoulder pads.

When they have their hands on their knees, that's when they're tired.

I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one - and stay healthy.

Anything will worry me. I may not get a check for the light bill off in time and I just get to worrying. I'm a worrywart.

I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much.

When I loved it, I loved it. It was nothing better.

Them sportswriters don't even know how to put uniforms on, most of 'em.

Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, "When are you gonna start running hard?" The wind hits me in the face, and I feel so smooth - Man, I love to run!

Football isn't who we are, it doesn't necessarily define us. It's part of our life and it always will be, but football won't define us. Excellence does.

Life isn't about a hand-out. That's not what the NFL is about and that won't get you in the NFL or take care of you once you're out of the NFL. You have to work.

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.

I'm just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it's different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I'm not looking for any new friends. I got my friends.

I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.

I heard that all the time. ‘He makes it look too easy, he doesn’t run hard.’ It was always a slight on me.

I don't give players a chance to hit me.

Playing the running back position, your legs, that's your living, that's how you make your living. You have to have great thighs, knees, everything.

She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself.