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If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.

Dick Butkus

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Dick Butkus
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 9
Actor
American Football Player
Film Actor
Football Player
Radio Personality
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Chicago
Illinois
Richard Marvin Butkus
Richard Butkus
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The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.
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If I were young, fast, healthy, and had a lot of money and my whole sex life ahead of me, I'd retire - like Secretariat.
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I want to be recognized as the best-no doubt about it. When they say all-pro middle linebacker, I want them to mean Butkus!
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Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession. Football is something I was made for. I gave the game all I could for as long as I could. I guess my only regret was that my career was too short.
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