Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Chuck Connors

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Chuck Connors.
Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Chuck Connors

Kevin Joseph Aloysius "Chuck" Connors was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC series The Rifleman (1958–63).

The day I left baseball, I became smart. When I was in baseball, I played for the love of the game. I'd sign any contract they gave me. But then I stopped playing and began doing interviews with the players at the ball park. I began to see the light.
If you're ever being typecasted - as most of us are - that's a great way to be typecasted. So, 'The Rifleman' is still popular with a lot of people, and I'm proud to be associated.
I can never get rid of 'The Rifleman,' and I don't want to. It's a good image. — © Chuck Connors
I can never get rid of 'The Rifleman,' and I don't want to. It's a good image.
I don't want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.
I owe baseball all that I have and much of what I hope to have. Baseball made my entrance to the film industry immeasurably easier than I could have made it alone. To the greatest game in the world I shall be eternally in debt.
I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me.
I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor.
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