“Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.” LittlesWholeCareersFootballRhythmTrappedLittle TimePlaying Football Author:Dennis Bergkamp
“Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.” BodyLinesStepsCareersFieldsFootballYour BodyJeopardyFootball Field Author:Robert Griffin III
“I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career.” FeelsCareersNicePlayerFootballSkillsFortunateConsistentFootball Player Author:Darren Flutie
“I feel the time is right, I want to spend more time with my young family and concentrate fully on my career [on retiring from international football at age 30” WantFeelsAgeYoungFamilyCareersFootballInternationalMore TimeRetiringAge 30 Author:Robbie Savage
“It is customary for columnists to complain about the excesses of Premiership footballers, whenever - as happens regularly - there is an incident involving some combination of sex, drugs, drink, violence and the constabulary. But modern footballers have a lot of both money and disposable time, a combination that has proved a recipe for personal disaster throughout history. And these incidents take place generally round night clubs rather than football clubs. The average Premiership player who turned up for work drunk would have a career-expectancy measurable in minutes.” HappensNightSexCareersPlayerViolenceModernMinutesFootballDrinkDrugRoundsAverageClubsComplainingDisasterDrunkSoccerCombinationAnalysisExcessRecipesIncidentsInvolvingFootballerDisposableColumnistsExpectancyFootball ClubsNight ClubSex Drugs Author:Matthew Engel
“What happened in the United changing room has happened to me 50 times in my career. I have kicked bottles of mineral water, bags and shoes but I never hit a player. It's a question of technique, and the Scots must have a better technique.” WaterUnitedRoomsCareersPlayerHappenedFootballShoesTechniqueManagersSoccerBagsBottlesChairmanMineralsScotsMineral Water Author:Marcello Lippi
“Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.” IfsWayWantShouldLongTurnsLeftSleepWalksWonderCareersMorningFourPlayerDogFootballWalkingSceneHorseWake UpWineGolfCellsManagersSoccerShoppingMy DogChairmanAlexReally LongSwitchingFergusonLong CareersSwitching Off Author:Roy Keane
“I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching career. It hit me along the way that I needed to really get at the heart of what's really true to myself. And then I was able to mold it and shape it in the years at SC to become the approach and the concept and the culture that we try to create here at Seattle.” WayTryingYearsHeartImportantAbleCultureCareersPlansFootballNeededShapesApproachConceptsWoundsNflCoachingMoldSuper BowlSeattleReally TrueFootball CoachTrue To MyselfFootball Coaching Author:Pete Carroll
“Al Toon, who had his football career cut short because of multiple concussions, hopes his son follows in his footsteps.” CareersCuttingFootballSonAlsMultipleFootstepsConcussions Author:Dave Pasch
“After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.” KindLongTwoDifferentPlayRunningFunHurtCareersFootballLuckyLateLegsKneesMusclesInjuryDifferent KindsHamstringsKnee Injuries Author:Joe Namath
“I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.” PeopleIfsLooksI CanEnoughYoungGivenBornAbilityMistakeCareersPracticeFootballCollegeNeededFameSmartTradeMusicalHonestlyPursuePianoHallsParticipationAthleticHornsViolinFeatsHall Of FameSame MistakesCoordinationPro FootballMusical AbilityFrench Horn Author:Otto Graham
“It took a while to find a passion for another career that was as strong as the passion that I had for football. Once I found it in acting, it was simple. Use the tools you were given from playing football and apply it to your new passion. I have done that through acting, producing and writing.” WritingDoneUsePassionFoundStrongGivenSimpleActingCareersFootballToolsPlaying Football Author:Maurice Hall
“Looking back I find it hard to believe that I could forge a career in anything other than football but I didn't do too badly in my final exams and there were a few business-related courses that interested me.” BelieveHardCoursesCareersFootballFinalsRelatedLooking BackExamHard To BelieveFinal ExamsBusiness Related Author:Kenny Cunningham
“He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him - but it is not going to be easy.” WantTryingEndsHelpingAbleYoungFightingEasyGoalLosesCareersPlayerTeamFootballShotsBallsMatesMedalSpectacularFootballerEmulateFootball PlayerMarkersScholesTeam Mate Author:Cesc Fabregas
“There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.” NextCareersFootballStriveCompletion Author:Ryan Giggs
“Jessica Simpson attended boyfriend Tony Romo's football game. The Cowboys quarterback had the worst game of his career. It's a bad year for the name Simpson. Even O. J. is pissed - he feels like they're making his name look bad.” FeelsYearsLooksGamesNamesCareersWorstFootballCowboyQuarterbackFootball GameJessicaBad Years Author:Chelsea Handler
“I have a limited amount of time to build a career out of football and be the best that I can be at this job. When this job is over, I have the rest of my life to do what I want with my time.” WantI CanJobsCareersFootballAmountMy TimeBeing The Best Author:J. J. Watt
“A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player such as Bossis, Baresi or Baggio for the rest of his career.” ShouldEndsPlayActionProcessResultsCareersPlayerFootballFineDecidedMarkEnd ResultsFootball Match Author:Michel Patini
“Speaking Spanish and Japanese has opened doors in my career and helped me bridge cultural differences, both in my personal and business life. During my football career I realised quickly what difference language skills can make” LanguageDifferencesCareersDoorsFootballSkillsBridgesRealisedCultural DifferencesBusiness LifeOpened DoorsLanguage SkillsSpeaking Spanish Author:Gary Lineker
“The NFL has done a great job in giving players information on how to go to a second career after football and how to invest their money while they're playing to ensure when their career is over, that they have something else in place to fall back on. One of the big things the NFL does is promote education in different fields.” GivingDoeDifferentDoneBigsJobsFallCareersPlayerInformationFieldsFootballNflBig ThingsFall BackGreat Job Author:Kamerion Wimbley
“It was the proudest moment of my career to lead my team out at the home of English football. I never, ever dreamt that would happen!” MomentsHomeHappensCareersTeamFootballProudest MomentsEnglish Football Author:Casey Stoney
“I could tell you that in my entire coaching career I have never talked to any player, staff member about football air pressure. That is not a subject that I have ever brought up.” CareersPlayerAirSubjectsFootballMembersPressureCoachingStaffStaff MembersAir Pressure Author:Bill Belichick
“Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.” PeopleRunningYoungFoundWinningCareersCasesSuccessfulPlayerFansCenturyMediaFootballInternetErrorsClubsListsMagazinesSoccerLeagueCurseMeaningless20th CenturyPollsFootballerDallasPro FootballPollingSuccessful CareerTime MagazineJuventus Author:Ian O'Doherty
“There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. You listen to people who have finished and nothing replaces playing, but I'm still excited about not having to put my body through what I've put it through. And not feeling the disappointment that I feel.” PeopleFeelsStillsFeelingsBodyNextCareersFootballStriveDisappointmentExcitedFinishedCompletion Author:Ryan Giggs
“Football is brutality. Football is career-ending, life-threatening injury just by stepping on the field.” CareersFieldsFootballInjuryThreateningBrutality Author:Rush Limbaugh
“People don't understand: I've always been busy. They think that, "Oh, he's too busy, blah blah blah...," but for me, this is how it's always been. I took 18 credits every semester of college, graduated in three years, took graduate school courses, played football and baseball my whole college career. I've never stopped, and that's where that phrase "No Time 2 Sleep" is always true. I get motivated by success, by winning, by being around great people.” PeopleThinkingYearsWholeSchoolThreeCoursesWinningSleepCareersFootballCollegeBaseballBusyCreditPhrasesMotivatedThree YearsGraduatesToo BusyGreat PeopleGraduate SchoolBlahCollege GraduatesSemester Author:Russell Wilson
“I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.” WantSelfGamesFunDealsCareersPlayerFootballJudgingSelf WorthFootball PlayerMy Self Worth Author:Tim Tebow
“If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.” IfsBelieveI BelieveCareersPlayerFootballBeing The BestQuarterbackBest FootballFootball Player Author:Tim Tebow