Merlin Olsen Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Merlin Olsen:

Team doctors' jobs those days were to keep you on the field.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#2be2037a

I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#6fb0c1dd

Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#892d07e9

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#f4508d03

I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#01ebd9e8

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#f001e3e3

It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#6f407516

You are the land. The land is you.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#6dfe9f86

Our whole philosophy was to intimidate the quarterback. We were able to do it. We were pioneers. People still recognize us as, maybe, the best defensive line of all time.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#90872d32

I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#b93bc9b7

Most exciting for me was to make the Pro Bowl in 14 of 15 years.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#ed4d7605

I can ski out of my back door.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#b4efef81

I just wanted to be an athlete.
~Merlin Olsen


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#a4d386fd

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#c756156f

After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind.
~Merlin Olsen


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#6096f03f

I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.
~Merlin Olsen


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#a6960554

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.
~Merlin Olsen


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#7dd7676f

I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.
~Merlin Olsen


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/merlin-olsen-quotes/#52dc9581

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