Ray Nitschke Quotes

• I think the Lombardi teams enjoyed and wanted to get into the big games.

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• I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go.

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• It was another day to go to work, and try to play and play well.

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  Tags in Play, Well

• I’m not a madman.

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• I lust love to play football.

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• It was the character of the Packers, man. We played for sixty minutes. We let it all hang out. There was no tomorrow for us. We got the adrenaline flowing, and we just let it go, man.

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• Lambeau was always special, and so was Milwaukee.

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• Packer fans are nuts, man.

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• That’s what you work all season for, to get into the playoff games, and you don’t want to blow it.

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  Topics in Work

  Tags in Game, Blow

Ray Nitschke (9)

Birth:	29th December, 1936
Death:	8th March, 1998
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Football Player

About

Raymond Ernest "Ray" Nitschke was a professional football player who played his entire career as a middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Wearing #66, he played fifteen seasons, from 1958-72.

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