Occupation: Football Player Birth: September 15, 1940 Death: March 11, 2010
Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self-determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, whic….
We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with prio….
Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years..
The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one ou….
I do not believe that there is any secret or single formula for success, but there are common threads of thought and action that characterize the suc….
I just wanted to be an athlete..
Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball..
The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat..
I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available..
You can take the best team and the worst team and line them up and you would find very little physical difference. You would find an emotional diffe….
I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and ….
After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind..
The focus of my life begins at home with family, loved ones and friends. I want to use my resources to create a secure environment that fosters love,….
Sigma Chi was a learning experience for me in personal growth, in finding out more about myself, in shaping my life more effectively, and in directin….
Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second ….
I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds..
I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park..
Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself..
I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have..
I can ski out of my back door..
One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared..