Brian Urlacher Quotes

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.

I played football, honestly, to get a scholarship.

I played soccer in college, at this little school in North Carolina called Campbell. It was the only place in the world where they would offer to pay for everything.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

I went to Brigham Young University on a football scholarship. I wasn't a football player; I was a place kicker.

I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors.

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

You're not on scholarship for school, and it sounds crazy when a student-athlete says that, but that's - those are the things coaches tell them every day: 'You're not on scholarship for school.'

When you're on a football scholarship, you get a stipend that's supposed to cover your rent and a few incidentals. It was $360 a month. This was the late 1980s, and the NCAA has an interesting rule where you're not allowed to supplement your income with a part-time job.

If I was going to go to college, I had to have a scholarship. By my sophomore year, it was evident golf was not going to be the path.

If I got a football scholarship, I was going to be a football player.

I was going from Furman to the University of Georgia. I transferred to play football.

If a guy is not serious about being a student-athlete then why force him into the college system. He's not serious about getting education.

I played college football for free. I had to pay to play, really.

I didn't even dream of going to college. College was not in my definition. If somebody told me I was going to play for the Missouri Tigers in 2009, I would laugh at them.

So, college was kind of the only option that I looked at, and I was fortunate to have great coaches when I was at UCLA. They helped me improve on and off the court.

I had a full-ride football scholarship as a middle linebacker.

If you play college sports, it's not like you have to - the next step in your career is another sport. You don't have to go into another sport. If you play college sports, you obviously graduated with a degree.

I paid for my own education by scholarship until I left university.

College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

I went to USC. I wasn't a rich kid or anything like that, so I had to get a scholarship. Went to USC; my first year, I took 26 units, so I got to have a nickname. Everyone goes, 'There's 26.' So I had a nickname. Having a nickname is a good thing because then you start to get popular, and you keep that going.

Yale? I was at Yale on a scholarship.

College, our job is to get guys to get better. Work hard, get better and be in position so when your time comes you get to play in the NBA.

I was a wide receiver at the University of Missouri but dropped out, having never gotten in a game.