Quotes by Chuck Connors

About Chuck Connors:

Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors is one of only 12 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played both Major League Baseball and in the National Basketball Association. With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain in the highly rated ABC series The Rifleman (1958–63).
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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.

Chuck Connors

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.

Chuck Connors

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

Chuck Connors

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

Chuck Connors

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.

Chuck Connors

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

Chuck Connors

Author Bio

  • NameChuck Connors
  • DescriptionAthlete and actor
  • BornApril 10, 1921
  • DiedNovember 10, 1992
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson; Actor; Basketball Player; Baseball Player