Anything will worry me. I may not get a check for the light bill off in time and I just get to worrying. I’m a worrywart. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
I love being single. I can come and go as I please and stay out as late as I want to. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, ‘When are you gonna start running hard?’ The wind hits me in the face, and I feel so smooth… Man, I love to run! Eric Dickerson Read Quote
In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you’re the first pick, and you’re NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in – well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
I’m just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it’s different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I’m not looking for any new friends. I got my friends. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
I’ll tell you one thing about me: I’m very private. I always have been private. People think I’m callous, arrogant. I didn’t like the media attention. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
When you look at guys who get recruited, most of the best athletes, they come from poor families. I don’t forget. I was a junior looking through my mother’s stuff and looked at her bank statement, and we had $30 in the bank. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
The perfect fit for L.A. would be the St. Louis Rams. I really believe that. I know their stadium deal is about expired, or it is expired. They’re working through that. I think it would be the old Los Angeles Rams in town. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
Playing the running back position, your legs, that’s your living, that’s how you make your living. You have to have great thighs, knees, everything. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
I don’t love football the way I once loved the game. I don’t look at it as fun anymore, and it definitely used to be fun. A lot of the fun has been taken away from it, I guess, because you go through so much on the field and off the field. Eric Dickerson Read Quote
