"In 30 or 40 years, I'm going to take out the tapes and show them to my grandkids. To show them I really played against Lawrence Taylor. The greatest. That he was everything they said he was."

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“Taylor is the best college linebacker I've ever seen. Sure, I saw Dick Butkus play. There's no doubt in my mind about Taylor. He's bigger and stronger than Butkus was. On the blitz, he's devastating.”

“A transformation would take place when he'd put on his uniform. He would be transformed into this homicidal maniac.”

“I had gotten really bad. I mean my place was almost like a crack house.”

“Let's go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs and have some fun.”

“I used to always say when I went on the football field, 'You know I'm the best player out here on this field.' Is that being cocky? Maybe it is.”

“Lawrence Taylor, defensively, has had as big an impact as any player I've ever seen. He changed the way defense is played, the way pass-rushing is played, the way linebackers play and the way offenses block linebackers.”

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