Brian Urlacher quotes:

My mom is my heart. But my [step]dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.

It's freaking football. There are going to be big hits. I don't understand how they can do this after one weekend of hitting. And I can't understand how they can suspend us for it. I think it's a bunch of bull.

You know what we should do? We should just put flags on everybody. Let's make it the NFFL - the National Flag Football League. It's unbelievable.

Steve Smith, thats what happened to us. He just kept making plays. We had a plan. We never really doubled him. We ran a lot of Cover 2, and obviously that didnt work out too good for us.

I like to think of myself as a regular guy, except I play football for a living. I try not to be an arrogant turd out there.

You want to be the best at your position. And if people think of me as one of the best ever, that's the ultimate compliment.

I lead by example. But if I get pissed enough, I'll say something. It usually isn't rah-rah; it's more complaining.

All I can do is go out there and play hard and try and help my team win, and that's what I'm going to keep doing.

I love football in the rain. That is what it's all about.

How great a life is this? To get to knock guys' heads off for 60 minutes and not get thrown in jail?

People don't think I'm big enough to be mean. I don't look big enough, but I am.

If you play angry, you lose what you're supposed to do. On defense we just read our keys and play fast.

You can call it ugly if you want, but I'd call it a win.

I see things as they happen pretty quick, and I just go hit it.

You've got to be a little nasty out there. But most of the time, I'm having fun.

I want to be remembered as a championship football player.

Two of the people I don't care about: fans or media,