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.
Gale Sayers

Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
Gale Sayers

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.
Gale Sayers

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

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.
Gale Sayers

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

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