Brian Urlacher Quotes

It's always hard to find the best friends in the locker room because we are all competing against each other - but the real friends you are going to definitely find off the court because we are competitors in between.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.

Football has to work really hard to put a smile on people's face and not to be so focused on the question of money. Everything is in danger of losing its soul if you're always going to sell out to the highest bidder.

The teams who play against us don't give us any gifts, but we were too kind.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.

Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.

I've got to stand up for the sport.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

What happens on the field should stay on the field.

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.

There's a lot of politics in football, and sometimes the real values of the sport, those human values, get lost.

If you worry about hurting your opponent you are probably in the wrong game, because it can happen. I wouldn't wish ill on anyone. I wanted to knock him out, not hurt him badly.

This game is about engagement and respect, whether you're playing in the Champions League or in the fourth division.

I am physical, not aggressive. Well, aggressive with the ball, but I don't kick people.

I'm against the fighting. But sometimes when you're trying to help your team, trying to win the games, there are moments when you need to get a little aggressive.

I love football and I believe in fair play, both on and off the pitch.

You have to have respect on the pitch.

I'm only doing my job, and if I score against Mark Hughes' team, it's nothing personal.

I don't have no issue with any guy. I'm a football player. I'm a competitor. When we're in the field, we're going to compete and be competitive. It's not personal between none of these guys. It's all in the game.

There is no such thing as friends on the field.

Coaches respect each other, and it's a tough business.

Competing is different than violence. Sport is love. It's passion. There's no passion in hurting people.

I don't complain if I get a hard tackle.