A biography for Brian Urlacherhasn’t been written yet.
“I love Chicago. I love the big city. But, remember, I come from a town, Lovington, N.M., that only has 8,000 people.”
“There are no hard feelings between me and the Bears' organization. I had a great run here.”
“It's just dumb that people think that. 'Why did you help that guy up after you tackled him?' Because I wanted to. What's the big deal? 'Butkus would have never done that.' Well, I'm not Dick Butkus. I'm Brian Urlacher, and sometimes I help people up.”
“I may be one of the most competitive people you ever know. I want to win every snap, every game, even though it was not possible... it really wasn't about the conquest, it was about the challenge.”
“You only notice long snappers when they screw up.”
“Anything that's on Discovery or Nat Geo, I'm pretty much watching it.”
“You know who I like the way he celebrates is Peyton. He kind of gives the guy a handshake and goes back to the sidelines. I think that's a great celebration right there.”
“As a football player, your mentality is that you're going to win the Super Bowl. You have to think that when you're playing the game.”
“I can't go back and change how many tackles I had, how many picks. What I've done is what I've done.”
“People realize that when you win, you obviously have some good players on your team.”
“My mom is my heart.”
“I lead by example.”
“Tarik Cohen, he's an exciting guy.”
“I'm not a big watch sports on TV guy unless it's football.”
“I did wonder what it would be like if I could have hair.”
“Yeah during the bye week I watch games. I usually do something with my family. We'll go away for a couple of days or something, but I definitely watch football on that Sunday afternoon.”
“I spend a lot of time with my family and I ride my mountain bike almost every day.”
“Jay Cutler is a first-round pick, had a great arm, etc. It's just - he's offense, I'm defense. We didn't get a chance to interact as much as we should have, maybe.”
“Two of the people I don't care about: fans or media.”
“Our goal is to outplay the other team's defense every game - it doesn't matter who we're playing.”