Linebackers – Quotes

I want to be

I want to be recognized as the best-no doubt about it. When they say all-pro middle linebacker, I want them to mean Butkus! Dick Butkus

When I played pro

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately – unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. Dick Butkus

Criticizing lawyers for lawsuits

Criticizing lawyers for lawsuits is like criticizing linebackers for knocking people down. Dale Dauten

I would probably be

I would probably be a linebacker today. I wouldn’t be carrying the ball 20 or 25 times a game. Bronko Nagurski

Footwork is definitely key for a linebacker. We make our money playing laterally. You’ve got to be able to move side to side and play sideline to sideline. So doing quick feet drills like ladders and keeping your footwork right is important. Brandon Spikes

I see more now.

I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts. I can read the body language of linebackers. I study film to see who’s a bull rusher and who’s a finesse rusher. I think I’ve learned. Brandon Jacobs

I like linebackers. I

I like linebackers. I collect ’em. You can’t have too many good ones. Bill Parcells

I think a good

I think a good quarterback or a good linebacker, a good safety, even though you have a lot of bodies moving out there, it slows down for them and they can really see it. Then there are other guys that it’s a lot of guys moving and they don’t see anything. It’s like being at … Read more

The linebacker has to

The linebacker has to make multiple, multiple decisions on every play. Not only what his assignment is and what the play is, but all the way along the line, different angles, how to take on blocks, how to tackle, the leverage to play with, the angle to run to and so forth, the technique. So … Read more

Lee Roy was the

Lee Roy was the best college linebacker – bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds. Bear Bryant