Top 18 Quotes by Merlin Olsen

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I just wanted to be an athlete.

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

You are the land. The land is you.