Herschel Walker Quotes

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

I never get tired of running. The ball ain't that heavy.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.

When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.

Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God.

As a born-again Christian, I believe God actively and directly influences me to action.

SUCCESS is being able to come home, lay your head on the pillow and SLEEP in PEACE.

I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.

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.

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.

We have the DNA of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

I told my mom the reason I started working out was because I wanted to break the necks of the people picking on me. I wanted to hurt them. I said I didn't want any teacher to put me down any more.

I was a little different. I still say Im a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

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

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.

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.

One thing I will never do as long as I’m at Georgia is lose to Florida.

My message is, you can accomplish anything, not just on the athletic field, if you're willing to work pay the price. It doesn't matter what your age.

Believing that no one is better than the other. You know I grew up in the South. My senior year there was a very big racial tension.

I'd usually read the Bible a lot. Read little short Bible stories. And today, whenever I give speeches, I bring up a few of those Bible stories, because those are inspirations to me.

If you eat a chicken wing or a chicken tender in some parts of the country, I probably supplied it.

P.E. was my life in school. Without it, I wouldn't be standing here. It gave me confidence when I was an overweight kid with a speech impediment.