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. ”

I learned through his death that, hey, life is short. You think you're going to live to be 75 years of age, and Brian proved that you're not going to live that long. ”

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. ”

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

I know with my knee injury, I didn't have the type of medical technology we have today. If I could've had what we had now, I probably could've been back out in three months. I didn't have that. ”