52 Quotes by Eric Dickerson

In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.

I'm just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it's different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I'm not looking for any new friends. I got my friends.

Football isn't who we are, it doesn't necessarily define us. It's part of our life and it always will be, but football won't define us. Excellence does.

Life isn't about a hand-out. That's not what the NFL is about and that won't get you in the NFL or take care of you once you're out of the NFL. You have to work.

I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to.

When I loved it, I loved it. It was nothing better.

I hated the goggles, don’t get me wrong, but I felt naked without them. Almost like playing without a helmet.

I love the sport but it's definitely taken a toll on me. The first two years after I retired I was in pain and couldn't even sit in a chair for 2 years. 2 years! You want a sport that takes care of you the way you take care of the sport.

I heard that all the time. ‘He makes it look too easy, he doesn’t run hard.’ It was always a slight on me.