Some parents were nervous about how they would portray everything, ... At a picnic the moms put on for the team and coaches, I said that all the reality shows are turning around and showing good things, not bad things.
My thing is trying to convince them they can win. - Dick Butkus
My thing is trying to convince them they can win.
- Dick Butkus
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… - Dick Butkus
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…
We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it. - Dick Butkus
We're a big check mark on everybody's schedule. I told them it's just another challenge; let's go after it.
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 … - Dick 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 …
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. - Dick Butkus
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.
Some parents were nervous about how they would portray everything, ... At a picnic the moms put on for the team and coaches, I said that all the real… - Dick Butkus
Some parents were nervous about how they would portray everything, ... At a picnic the moms put on for the team and coaches, I said that all the real…
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! - Dick Butkus
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!
Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession. Football is something I was made for. I gave the gam… - Dick Butkus
Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession. Football is something I was made for. I gave the gam…
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. - Dick Butkus
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.
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