Words matter. These are the best Earl Campbell Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When I was a kid and got in trouble, I’d always say, Mom, I’m in trouble. Well, Mom, I’m in trouble.
There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication – and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
I try to get them to remember that they’re not just athletes, but student-athletes.
I did some good things as a rookie.
My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn’t dance.
I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that.
Pittsburgh was a great team. Coach Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, L.C. Greenwood and all those guys did a great job. That’s the team that kept us from winning two Super Bowls. It was a great rivalry.
Coming up as a kid, I played middle linebacker and I was very bow-legged, and I wanted to be like the legendary Dick Butkus.
I miss the guys. I don’t get to see them often. We do get together in Houston now and then.
Sometimes I pay for it, With the way I walk now, the things I did to my body wasn’t supposed to be done. At 48 years old, it is saying, ‘Hey, Earl, remember what you did to me?’.
After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North and South and that’s what I turned my style into. I was a North and South runner.
I have a wife and two boys. One is 18 and the other is 14. The 18-year old is getting ready for college next year and he made a decision to run track. He runs a lot like Michael Johnson.
First of all, I’m so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I’m really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
There had been talk about me getting involved with the new team in Houston. I don’t know if it’s something that will become a realization, but it would be something that I would love to do.
Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.
Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them ‘show out’ when they run a touchdown.
I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
