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Gale Sayers Biography

Gale Eugene Sayers (born May 30, 1943) is a former professional American football player who earned acclaim both as a halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). In a brief but highly productive NFL career, Sayers spent seven seasons with the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1971, though multiple injuries effectively limited him to five seasons of play. He was known for his elusiveness and agility, and was regarded by his peers as one of the most difficult players to tackle.

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

Firsts, Lord, Thirds, Friends

People think I played 10 years. I played 68 ball games.

Ball, Games, Thinking, Years

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.

Athlete, Fighting, Hero, Hoax, Models, Sick

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

Counted, Moving Up, Nfl, Pages Turning, Stand, Time

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.

Down, Hero, Heroes, Make, Nfl, People

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 hard, and that's it.

Ability, Football, Hard, Hard Work, Proposition

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

Determination, Enough, Football, Make, Matter, Sports

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.

Heard, Leadership, People, Shake, Sports, Thinking

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 players. You have Ray Guy, Jim Plunkett, Lester Hayes and Donnie Shell.

Guy, Hayes, People, Player, Shell

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

Cutler, Fine, Gets, Littles, Thinking, Times

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.

Care, Games, Men, Remembered, Scored

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

Building, Closing, Nfl, School, Schools, Trends

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

Concede, Field, Fields, Nfl, Onto, Sports

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

Career, Careers, Short, Thrills