People don't think I'm big enough to be mean. I don't look big enough, but I am.

- Brian Urlacher

I see things as they happen pretty quick, and I just go hit it.

- Brian Urlacher

You've got to be a little nasty out there. But most of the time, I'm having fun.

- Brian Urlacher

My mom is my heart. But my [step]dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.

- Brian Urlacher

You want to be the best at your position. And if people think of me as one of the best ever, that's the ultimate compliment.

- Brian Urlacher

If you play angry, you lose what you're supposed to do. On defense we just read our keys and play fast.

- Brian Urlacher

It's freaking football. There are going to be big hits. I don't understand how they can do this after one weekend of hitting. And I can't understand …

- Brian Urlacher

You know what we should do? We should just put flags on everybody. Let's make it the NFFL - the National Flag Football League. It's unbelievable.

- Brian Urlacher

But I hate the way our identity has changed. We used to establish the run and wear teams down and try not to make mistakes, and we’d rely on our defe…

- Brian Urlacher