Gale Sayers

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

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

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

I ran back punt returns and kickoff returns, and I played a pretty good game. ”

My knee was torn up. I tore every ligament in my knee. It was a very, very bad injury. I had to do what the doctors told me to do, and I did that. The next year, I came back and led the league in rushing. ”

You have to prepare to quit, and this is what I did. I prepared to quit, so on the day that came when I had to walk away from the game, I walked away and didn't look back. ”

I learned more of how to appreciate what I had then - my family, my kids, the talent that God gives you - because He can take it away at any time. He took it away from Brian through death. He took it away from me through my knees. ”

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. ”

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

You must prepare to quit, and they should start doing that from day one because the average life of a pro-football player is only three and a half years. It's not five. It's not seven. It's not 10. ”