“A big guy will be strong, and he might be quick, but he is rarely fast. Or sometimes he’s strong and fast but not quick. But Buck had it all – big, strong, fast, and quick. Plus, he had a great attitude.”
— Coach Hank Stram
“He revolutionized the game. Guys that size usually played on the outside. Buck was the first tall guy to play the inside. When a tall guy with his type of speed is rushing, he takes a couple of steps and then – boom – he would be on the quarterback.”
— John Madden
“I was big, but Buck was bigger and stronger and turned me every which way but loose. When you played Buck, you couldn’t sleep the night before a game. You don’t imagine a guy 6″-8″, 300 pounds being so quick. You’d go to hit him, and it was like hitting a ghost.”
— Gene Upshaw