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13 quotes by Gale Sayers

Career information High school: Omaha (NE) Central College: Kansas NFL Draft: 1965 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 AFL Draft: 1965 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 Debuted in 1965 for the Chicago Bears Last played in 1971 for the Chicago Bears Career history Chicago Bears (1965–1971) Career highlights and awards 2× Consensus All-American (1963, 1964) 4× Pro Bowl (1965, 1966, 1967, 1969) 5× AP First-Team All-Pro (1965–1969) 1965 NFL Rookie of the Year (UPI, NEA) UPI...
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I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

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There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

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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.

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I was playing in the league when Ray Guy was playing in the league. He was the best kicker I've ever seen. He could bullet that ball 70 yards.

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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.

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I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.

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Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.

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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.

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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... →

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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.

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

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There are some people that probably should be in the Hall of Fame, but they're not for some reason.

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What happens also is that a lot of those people and reporters who vote for Hall of Famers, some of the people who were around when Ray Guy was... →

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