Football Player

When I signed with the Oilers, I felt like a rookie. I was 33.

I've worked for everything I've got.

Competition is what drives me.

I don't believe in getting mad if a guy misses a block and I get hit. I don't yell at the players. Everybody gets beat sometime.

They serve a lot of good filets around the country.

It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top - in business or in sports.

What happened last week doesn't matter. That's history. You have to make history every day.

How many players can say they played 26 years? Nobody.

Hell, the important thing is to do what you want to do, and give it 110 percent.

In fact, I'd like to play until I'm 60.

If people can identify with me in a good way and get some inspiration out of what I've done, that's good. Then football's all worthwhile.

I've got to watch what I eat. Seems like if I even look hard at food I gain weight.

I sat out the 1959 season.

I compare field goal kicking to putting in golf. Both demand concentration and confidence. You make four or five good putts in a row and now you have the confidence that you are playing 'em right. It's the same way with kicking. You drive a few through the uprights and then you have convinced yourself that everything you kick should go through.

I want to play as long as I can contribute.

It's very sweet to win against people who let you go.

It's no big deal, starting a game.

I worked my way through college by throwing passes for the University of Kentucky.

People watch TV and think a two-foot putt is the greatest thing in the world when a guy knocks it in. But nobody is rushing you. You don't have a center, you don't have a holder. You don't have 100,000 people screaming at you.

Halas used to tell his players that football is what you make of it. It should not be what defines you, but football should be a stepping stone for what you achieve in the rest of your life.