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Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self-determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is the emotion that galvanizes the backs and receivers.
— Merlin Olsen
Tags: motivation

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I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds.
— Merlin Olsen
Tags: close, big, fish, i-am
At 285 pounds, I was extremely strong, and it was all usable strength that I could direct against opponents, not like that of a weightlifter, whose feats of power are all restricted.
— Merlin Olsen
Tags: like, strong, power, strength
I can ski out of my back door.
— Merlin Olsen
Tags: out, back, i-can, door
I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.
— Merlin Olsen
Tags: more, important, always, strength
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