Leadership Speaker Series Gale Sayers shares insights and
Gale Sayers, a member of the Pro-
fessional Football Hall of Fame, shared insights he gained from friends whom he considers to be the most influential in his life – both on the football field and in his successful business career.
The 68-year-old former University of Kansas football standout, known as “The Kansas Comet” prior to his record-breaking career as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears, told an atten- tive audience that teamwork has been the key to his success. “Nobody does it alone,” he commented, before telling attendees about those who most in- spired him during his time in the NFL.
These included fellow Chicago
Bears linebacker and Hall of Famer, Dick Butkus, whom Sayers credited with teaching him the meaning of dedi- cation, and one of the toughest men he ever met.
“He put his whole soul into tack- ling people. Dick Butkus hit me harder in scrimmage than I was ever hit play- ing the game,” Sayers revealed. Butkus’ success followed from his “single-mind- ed determination to become the best linebacker in the history of the game,” Sayers told those attending the fall Leadership Speaker Series breakfast.
Sayers also named the late Chicago
Bears owner, George Halas, as a major influence in his career, both on the team and in the business career that followed. Sayers declared that he respected Halas for his courage, determination, and status as a tough negotiator. “If Halas told me to go to hell, I’d be in a hurry to get started,” Sayers quipped.
But in the end, Halas’ concern and care for his team members provided a more important lesson. Not only did Halas pay bonuses to players during Sayers’ career, but Halas also paid a
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NFL Hall of Fame great Gale Sayers speaks to the Leadership Speaker Series attendees.
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