<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The year was 1969, and Jerry Sloan was in the midst of his Chicago playing career. So was another Windy City sports legend, albeit with the Bears, not the Bulls. He was, Sloan said, "one of my biggest idols in sports, probably." Dick Butkus inspired Sloan that miserable season. To this day, the menacing middle linebacker still does. "When I was in Chicago, Dick Butkus played on a team that I think was 1-13," Sloan said, his recollection of Bears NFL history on the mark. "But the most important thing about him is every single time he went to play, he gave every single ounce of energy he had. "I always thought that was the way it was supposed to be. Anything other than that is just kind of a token appearance, and sometimes I have a difficult time with that. But I know I'm a little hard-headed, and a little bit stupid sometimes, for expecting those things. And maybe a little bit unfair. But so be it."</div> <div align="center">Link</div>
