The kid will run. He will block. He will catch, ... I'm not saying he's going to be Gale Sayers. But he has ability in all the areas that are prerequisites.
Quotes about sayers (11 Quotes)
You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they'll be much more qualified than you and cause you to sort of doubt yourself.
One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
Tomlinson has something Sayers had that is rare -- the ability to stop and, in one step, to have full acceleration,
To say he looks like one player, I don't know who that would be. He's a combination of a lot of players. In the open field, when you watch him on film, Gale Sayers.
I could see where people could make that comparison (of Bush with Sayers). With all the cut-backs, ability to make people miss, I could see some similar characteristics.
The Sixties and Seventies were the best times in the NFL, ... I covered Jim Brown, Gayle Sayers, Jurgenson, Unitas, Star and those great Packers teams. It was more fun than work.
I believe with a certainty, in my opinion, he is the finest running back I have ever seen in professional football. And I know people say 'Well what about Jim Brown And what about Gale Sayers' That's all well and good, but I tell you what, in the era that we're in now where you have defensive linemen that weigh 300 pounds and run 4.75, and these mammoth guys that are playing linebacker, I think with a certainty, in my opinion, he is the finest running back that I have ever seen.
(Smith's running style) would be that of a (Hall of Famer) Gale Sayers. Gale could move, he was fluent, he was skillful, he was finesse. He could give you a leg and take it away. . . . This is the type of skill (Smith) has.
I'm 62 years old. You can't tell me that some little kid coming up to me -- he doesn't know me. These guys will ask their sons to come out here and get these autographs, and then they'll take them back and sell them in their stores, or they'll sell them to dealers. The bad thing about the whole thing is when an adult sees Gale Sayers turn away a kid and says, 'Well, Gale Sayers is a so-and-so because he wouldn't sign an autograph for a little kid.' But I know what he's doing.
Sayers had a great day. He produced big for us, and that bunt kept a rally going. It seems like with this team, we have a different hero step up every day.