Earl Campbell Quotations

I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.

I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

When I was a kid and got in trouble, I'd always say, Mom, I'm in trouble. Well, Mom, I'm in trouble.

I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.

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.

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.

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.

Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.

I miss the guys. I don't get to see them often. We do get together in Houston now and then.

My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn't dance.

Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.

I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that.

I did some good things as a rookie.

I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.

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 learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.

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?'.

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 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.

I think one game we played the Oakland Raiders and Jack Tatum and I had an accident on the one-yard line. The only thing that Jack Tatum didn't do was wrap me up so I backed into the endzone backwards.

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.

It really started cooking when I moved to Houston. I bought a house and got my own barbeque pit.

I'd go on record and say yes, I think it's time.

I played football with my whole body - My hands, my head, my face. I did it all.

When you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before.

If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light.

He's had back surgery, multiple knee surgeries, ... It's football. His body took a beating, and it all shows up in later years of your life. He's aged faster because there's so much stress and so much pain.

I think the facilities committee could work more with the construction manager and the oversight committee. We could work together and report back to the board.

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.

You just wonder,'' said one league personnel man.

We were looking for a solution for frogs.

I've learned that it's something that's never going to escape me, ... I've accepted it. That's no disrespect to my father, because I'm very proud to say that I'm Earl Campbell's son and nothing makes me happier. (But) I wanted to get out of my father's shadow and just be Tyler Campbell without people saying right away, 'You're Earl Campbell's son.' 

I wanted to get out of my father's shadow and get the chance to be Tyler Campbell and blend in without people saying, 'You're Earl Campbell's son right away.' That's basically the reason for coming all the way out here.

I'm trying to work hard from the bottom of the depth chart and just trying to find a place on the team, ... That's my main focus right now.