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" After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind. "
Compete
Mind
Going
" I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing. "
Bet
Because
Side
" I can ski out of my back door. "
I Can
Back Door
Back
" I just wanted to be an athlete. "
Just
Athlete
Wanted
" I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have. "
More
Played
Than
" It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football. "
Football
Took
Realize
" I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds. "
Caught
I Am
Fish
" I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park. "
Football
Always
Games
" I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important. "
Thought
Strength
More
" Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years. "
Bowl
Exciting
Make
" Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball. "
Crowd
Nobody
Swimming
" One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared. "
Painful
Moments
Admit
" Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing. "
Head
Day
Bear
" Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time. "
Line
People
Philosophy
" Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field. "
Jobs
Field
You
" The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn. "
Back
Turn
Pool
" When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. "
Lies
World
Some
" You are the land. The land is you. "
You
Land
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