When I was a kid, my father brought home the autobiography of Sid Luckman, the great Chicago Bears quarterback - probably an extra copy from the sports department where he worked. It was the first sports biography I ever read.
There's no doubt in my mind I'll finish my career with the Bears. However that works out, it works out. I can't imagine playing anywhere else.
There have been nine Super Bowls in New Orleans, and not all of them have brought the best of luck to NFL Films. We got robbed twice there, got food poisoning, and my hotel room was broken into on the day the Bears played the Patriots in January 1986.
I'm a bit biased with my love for Kyle Long. I would say he's the best bald guard in football.
Marshawn, he's hard to tackle. I only played against him a couple of times. We did OK against him in Chicago when I was there.
I'm a huge Ron Rivera fan, I played for Ron for three years in Chicago.
But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.
I'm from Chicago and it's a huge influence on me.
I love the Bears.
It's one thing to play football in this league and make a living, but it's a totally different thing to come to a place with a rich tradition like the Bears.
Knowing that more people associate Chicago with street violence than generosity is difficult for me because, despite all my proclamations of being from the Bay Area, I have spent much of my life in Chicago. So I have a deep love and a pretty good understanding of the city.
I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!
The Bears need to let me be GM.
I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.
Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
Chase Daniel is not a bad player.
First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.
I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan.
I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.
I'm always going to be a Bears fan. Nothing's going to change there.
I'm from Chicago, and I loved the Bears.
It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
I like playing with Lance. Lance Briggs is great.
I'm a huge fan of Chicago sports and Chicago food, and I love going home and my family is still there. I guess it's pretty easy to have a normal life in Chicago.
Chicago Bears tradition speaks for itself.
