Top 117 Quotes & Sayings by Brian Urlacher

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Brian Urlacher is a former American football linebacker who spent his entire 13-season career in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the New Mexico Lobos, where he became one of the school's most decorated athletes and was recognized as a consensus All-American in 1999. Following his collegiate success, he was selected ninth overall by the Bears in the 2000 NFL Draft.

American - Athlete | Born: May 25, 1978

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I was honestly the No. 1 Cowboys fan as a kid.

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I lead by example.

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Football was easy because I knew what I was doing, and it was in my control.

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I'm hyper, goofy. I always have to be moving, doing something.

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Yeah, I mean there's points in every game where you get a hit and you feel a little woozy. Not every game, but mostly every game you hit someone and you're like, 'Whoa, that was a good one.'

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There's risk in everything that you do. It's up to you to measure those risks and do what you want to do.

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I don't care what's legal and what's not. I'm going to play the way I play.

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Darren Woodson is my favorite player of all time.

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Win or lose, I'm up all night. I've been that way since college - I'm going over everything in my head: woulda, coulda, shoulda.

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Chicago Bears tradition speaks for itself.

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There are no hard feelings between me and the Bears' organization. I had a great run here.

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There could probably be a penalty called on every single play. So the refs have a tough job.

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I don't like a snug-fit helmet.

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I don't think I would be very good on TV broadcasting games.

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A knee injury could put you out for a season. A concussion, you may miss a game or two. Huge difference.

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Toward the end of my career, people started talking Hall of Fame, but still, you don't ever think you're going to end up there.

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See, I was fine being bald, because I have a good-shaped head.

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I'm not going to take it easy on the guy when he catches the football and not try and hit him because he's a friend of mine. It doesn't happen.

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I love Chicago. I love the big city. But, remember, I come from a town, Lovington, N.M., that only has 8,000 people.

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As a football player, your mentality is that you're going to win the Super Bowl. You have to think that when you're playing the game.

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Every moment, every practice, every game, everywhere; I just love competing. Competition is in my DNA.

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I want to be somewhere where somebody wants me.

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I had one major concussion. It's different for each guy. For me, it was never an issue because I didn't have an issue with concussions.

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It's a great honor to be associated with the Hall of Fame and now to be in it. It's awesome.

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Coming from a small town in New Mexico - Lovington, New Mexico - I was very happy to go to college for free and get a scholarship to play college football.

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I can deal with the criticism of myself. I get mad when people talk about my teammates.

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I was a huge Brett Favre fan, because how could you not like him as a kid playing football? Then getting a chance to play against him was pretty damn cool.

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I hope Mitch Trubisky is the best quarterback of all time.

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You know who I like the way he celebrates is Peyton. He kind of gives the guy a handshake and goes back to the sidelines. I think that's a great celebration right there.

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I played for Marinelli I think my last four, five years in Chicago. He's awesome.

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I watch a lot of college football.

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I did wonder what it would be like if I could have hair.

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Technique wasn't my favorite thing to learn, and I doubt I would be great teaching it.

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People realize that when you win, you obviously have some good players on your team.

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Someone's always saying something about me.

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I'm uncomfortable doing commercials.

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We're defenseless, I know we play defense, but we're defenseless when we're not looking at the guy who's blocking us or when the guy's come out and cut out our knees from underneath us.

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First of all, we love football. We want to be on the football field as much as we can be. If we can be out there, it may be stupid, it may be dumb, call me dumb and stupid then, because that's what... I want to be on the football field.

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I do watch some kind of terrible shows on VH1, 'Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood,' 'Basketball Wives.' Those are like my guilty pleasures. When I want to see some drama, I'll watch those.

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I wondered if teams were going to find a place for me, but the Bears said linebacker right away. I tried outside linebacker first and I was terrible. Then inside seemed to fit me.

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It's nice of guys to actually want to even pick my brain a little bit.

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Two of the people I don't care about: fans or media.

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I really like United States so I pay attention to what goes on here. I don't really pay attention to what goes on overseas or in other countries, unless it affects us, then I'll pay attention.

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I'm not a very good coach.

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It doesn't change the way we play, I'll tell you that much. If we hit a guy and get fined, we get fined.

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I can't go back and change how many tackles I had, how many picks. What I've done is what I've done.

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I'm always going to be a Bears fan. Nothing's going to change there.

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You know, the Bears know I want to be here. I've said it publically and that's not going to change.

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I love the Bears.

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When the play is over, it's over.

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I'll always be a Chicago Bear no matter where I end up or where I retire, whatever happens.

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I respected opponents as well as teammates and coaches.

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Fantasy football brought a ton more people to the game.

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Coach Marinelli's defense is incredible.

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My lone concussion occurred in 2003 against Denver. I was spinning off block and right when I spun, I hit Clinton Portis with my head turned sideways. I hit him and I hit the ground. That was first big one where I was like 'Whoa.' Back then, it was no big deal.

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Ricky Williams, in my opinion, was one of the better guys in the league.

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If you don't want to play and get concussed, then don't play. It's your career, it's your life. You have to make that decision on your own.

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The treadmill and the damn elliptical - they get so boring to me.

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I've got so many things I can do now with my hair. I put gel in it sometimes - it's great.

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Our goal is to outplay the other team's defense every game - it doesn't matter who we're playing.

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