81 Quotes by Herschel Walker

I want to prove to people who sit on a couch and don't do anything but criticize other people that, if you're a true athlete or martial artist, you're not old until you can't get up and walk around anymore.

Lets not push it under the rug, or push it to the side because, no matter what, it's going to keep coming up. You know, if you never deal with that dirt up under the carpet, it's going to get larger and larger, and it's going to keep coming up.

Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn't the best looking guy, I wasn't the best athlete in the world, but they made me feel good about myself.

The hardest thing I had to overcome in life? I think racism. That's so difficult because I don't think anyone can ever understand it. It's not that people don't want to understand it, but they don't want to touch it.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.

I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.

My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.

When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.