Lawrence Taylor, one of the best defensive players in the NFL story, ends almost football in high school.
But his father wouldn’t let him.
Taylor, 66, talked about almost quitting football during a performance on Outkick’s “Maintenance with Tire.”
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Former New York Giants player Lawrence Taylor waves to the crowd before a game against Indianapolis Colts at Metlife Stadium November 3, 2014 in East Rutherford, NJ (Al Bello/Getty Images)
“I thought it was too much. As I said when I went out for football in my junior year, I would quit. And … my dad looked at me ‘you won’t stop,’ ‘remembered Taylor.
“And then when I started to get it a little, he told me, ‘Hi, you have to be better than the next man just to be corpse.’ So hear, I go after who’s ever in front of me, it’s the one I have to tackle.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer did a good job in his 13-year career dealing with the person ahead of him. Taylor spent his entire career with New York Giants and won two Super Bowls.
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New York Giants Harry Carson (53), Lawrence Taylor (56) and Defensive coach Bill Belichick during a game against San Francisco 49ers in East Rutherford, NJ, 4 January 1987. (Jerry Wachter/Sports Illustrated Via Getty Images)
Taylor won the NFL MVP in 1986 and became one of only two defensive players in the NFL history to win the MVP.
In that season from 1986, Taylor had 20½ sacks. For Taylor, his goal was simple – find football.
“I think a lot of coaches or my coaches still let me play the game as I saw it. (People say) you have to get hit, you have to go there. Well, no. I had to go out here, But I’m trying to get to here.
Lawrence Taylor at Metlife Stadium 8 September 2024. (Pakinomist Photo/Joshua Comins)
The ten-time pro bowler had 142 sacks in 184 career games.
The full conversation with Taylor at Outkick will be released at. 9 A Sunday.
