Bruce Sutter Quotes

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

I've always said, in the era that I played, all those years with the Saints, you don't come out with a big ego.

I don't really look for the spotlight, I don't look for any of that stuff. I just want to play basketball.

As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part of all. I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark I'd be the first one there and I was willing to do anything. I think that's why the veterans liked me.

I am not a superstar or an ego. I am just the same as I always was: Someone who plays football.

I'll never try to win an award. I'm out there just playing for my team.

And I think they loved me because I loved being part of their team, you know, and I quite often say to kids, that I was the worst player in the world's best football team - and that was good enough for me.

I don't wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball.

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

I just want to continue to play great football - that's all that matters. I don't really care about the accolades or any of that.

Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.

I, sir, I just like to work. I'm humble.

I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.

It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.

I love the game of football so every time I step on the field I'm going to do me. I'm going to go hard for the guys in the locker room.

You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.

My interpretation of football is to stay humble, work hard, and things will come.

Are you playing for your teammates and coaches? That's how it should be.

I wasn't trying to make First Team All-NBA. I just wanted to win.

As a player, I just want to be remembered as a good teammate, that's it.

I'm not trying to prove anything. I'm just here with the Panthers, trying to help them win.

My main focus was to be a great teammate. That's all I hoped to accomplish. I don't really care about legacies.

I just want to be seen as a kid who loves to play football and to do the best for the team.

Football is about sacrifice, dedication, a lot of work, and friendship off the pitch.

I love the game of football, love getting better. My teammates know me, and I show them who I am in the locker room and don't change on the field.