Herschel Walker Quotes

Herschel Walker is an American former professional football player, bobsledder, sprinter, and mixed martial artist. He played college football for the University of Georgia, earned consensus All-American honors three times and won the 1982 Heisman Trophy. ...more

Birth: March 03, 1962

The hardest thing I had to overcome in life? I think racism. That’s so difficult because I don’t think anyone can ever understand it. It’s not that people don’t want to understand it, but they don’t want to touch it.

When I started out as a little kid, I didn’t say ‘I just want to run football.’ I wanted to be a great athlete.

Topic(s): Want , Littles , Running

My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. I think figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject, but I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.

Topic(s): Writing , Used , Worst

I was determined to make Renaissance Man Food Services and Herschel’s Famous 34 major players in a very tough industry.

Topic(s): Men , Player , Tough

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.

Topic(s): Sports , Given , Ability

I see so many people who don’t want to try, and I say ‘I don’t care what I ever do, I never give up at anything anymore.’ I don’t care what it is, you’ll never see me give up.

Topic(s): People , Want , Giving

Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats, and I don’t know how you can argue with that. Look at my combined yards. I’m not one to make excuses, so I’ll play by their rules and not even count the USFL stats.

Topic(s): Knows , Mind , Should

I do this ‘Walker shake.’ You got to get knocked down many times, shake it off. Life is about ups and downs, and you got to keep standing up.

Topic(s): Life Is , Standing , Shakes

I don’t read a lot of the sports, because I think people sometimes either build it up, or you have this guy that hates sports that is going to write bad about it, so I figure I’m not going to read it. Because I’m not going to let him put an idea into my head.

Topic(s): People , Thinking , Writing

If I had to come up with something that just came to me, I think growing up in a small town, I want knowledge. I still think today, knowledge is one of the keys.

Topic(s): Thinking , Ifs , Want

Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids.

Topic(s): Matter , Kids , Hard

We have the DNA of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Topic(s): Jesus , Christ , Lord

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Herschel Walker Quotes