Chuck Connors Quotes

#1. I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me.

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#2. The day I left baseball, I became smart. When I was in baseball, I played for the love of the game. I'd sign any contract they gave me. But then I stopped playing and began doing interviews with the players at the ball park. I began to see the light.

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#3. I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor.

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#4. I can never get rid of 'The Rifleman,' and I don't want to. It's a good image.

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#5. If you're ever being typecasted - as most of us are - that's a great way to be typecasted. So, 'The Rifleman' is still popular with a lot of people, and I'm proud to be associated.

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#6. I owe baseball all that I have and much of what I hope to have. Baseball made my entrance to the film industry immeasurably easier than I could have made it alone. To the greatest game in the world I shall be eternally in debt.

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#7. I don't want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.

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