Jim Brown
Jim Brown
James Nathaniel Brownis a former professional American football player and actor. He is best known for his record-setting nine-year career as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football Leaguefrom 1957 through 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth17 February 1936
CitySt. Simons, GA
CountryUnited States of America
Out of all the young running backs I've watched, I like this kid best. Based upon the flashes of greatness I've seen from him, Julius has a chance to be special.
I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.
Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football.
People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner is different. You have to have an understanding of how to assist what that runner has, so they know how to assist what you have without taking away your special ability, because you're not like anybody else.
I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn't like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down.
There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability.
We're cautiously optimistic that we can get everyone else moving today,
We'd worked for the previous board, ... so we knew the proper way to run the club. In the very first week, Darren Brown was paying money out with no invoices, so we began to keep a log.
Parcells is a certain kind of character, but he cares about his players and developing them as people,
Kids today don't have any idea about these tools, or what they were used for. It a good history lesson for them.
My biggest problem was to get the coaches to understand that I was a runner, and I wanted to prepare myself based upon the calisthenics I did and get myself ready. For example, I used my forearm when I ran the ball, so I didn't want to do pushups because I wanted my forearms to heal.
Midway is a gold mine for Southwest. This is seen by a lot of frequent fliers and business travelers as a low-fare alternative to O'Hare.
We are excited about all the tournaments but the Big Ten Championship is the most important. If we play the way we can we can be up there in every tournament we play.
When Kennedy could not get the civil rights bill passed - and he was the big liberal - Lyndon Johnson came in and it got passed, and he was the conservative and the southerner. So sometimes in politics, to get something done, it takes a special kind of knowledge and a special kind of person, but it doesn't always follow the party lines.