Bart Starr Quotes

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We avoided injuries that season. It was our fourth year

We avoided injuries that season. It was our fourth year with Vince, so we all knew just what he wanted. And a lot of our core guys were in their prime. It was an incredible season.
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I’d like to pay tribute to what are unquestionably the world‘s greatest fans. They are very loyal and very rabid. And I had the time of my life when I played in front of them.
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I grew up in a military family, so I liked being in an atmosphere where there was almost that feeling.
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It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game – play by play.
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I love coming back to Wisconsin. Lambeau Field is such a special place – a lot different than the old city stadium next to East High School when I first arrived in 1956. The facilities were nothing like they are today, as the Packers were in tough financial times.
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My dad was a fabulous role model. I wanted to be just like him.
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I was just one part of a great team.
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You look at the quality players and look at the leadership we had, and it’s easy to understand why we won.
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I would hope people remember the playing days first, and not the coaching years.
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Being part of a team that was so unselfish was amazing. What we were able to accomplish was very meaningful, and the fact we were able to get it done as a team.
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My dad was a career military man, so I had that kind of discipline and training.
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I hadn’t trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever, that prepares you to do a better job when you become a coach. I hadn’t received that training. It showed.
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I was fascinated by Harry Gilmer and wanted to learn to throw the ball just like him.
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My fatherwho was a master sergeant and the toughest man I’ve even known – next to him, Coach Lombardi was a piece of cake.
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It’s a joy to help others. One of our longtime favorites is Rawhide Boys Camp, located 45 miles west of Green Bay.
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I really think just the honor of playing on five championship teams in seven years is the best thing.
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Anyone can support a team that is winning – it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.
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Sometimes when I watch a game, there are often more wide receivers on the field than we had on our whole team.
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We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism: the urge in us all to help others who are in danger.
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