Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.

- Gale Sayers

We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they put down that are pretty good …

- Gale Sayers

I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.

- Gale Sayers

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

- Gale Sayers

Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.

- Gale Sayers

The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third.

- Gale Sayers

I have no idea what I did. I heard people talk about dead leg, shake, change of pace and all that, but I did things without thinking about them.

- Gale Sayers

When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing.

- Gale Sayers

Football is a very short-term proposition. Football really prepares you for nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work har…

- Gale Sayers