The only time I ever saw him display any emotion was when he cried during his HOF acceptance speech.
I remember when Sammy White, I think it was. In his rookie season, he was returning kickoffs, and Grant told him that if the ball comes inside the 10 to let it go into the end zone.
Sammy took the ball at the 5 and returned it for a touchdown. When he came to the sideline after the touchdown, Grant benched him for the remainder of the game, because he did not do what Bud told him to.
Bud retired, because he saw the way the future was turning with the big attitudes and big salaries of the players, and wanted nothing to do with it.
One thing I would like to do before I die, spend the afternoon fishing with Bud while talking football on some backwoods lake in the state of my childhood home, Minnesota.
I would then be ready to go home to my Father in heaven.
I couldn’t agree more. Thanks for your comment.