Quotes About Football

Coventry was a big part of my career, and I had a great time there.

I don't think I'm the most confident person, but I have people around me who, while they don't say I am the greatest thing in football, have a general belief in me.

For me, Manchester United means greatness.

Football is a great place to get away from things, and going over to Greece was amazing and I've loved it - it is basically getting away from all the talk.

You know, even though I feel that I can still play the game, God has made the answer clear to me. Retirement is now. I have to retire as a Green Bay Packer.

I loved playing Green Bay.

I was sad to leave Green Bay, and I don't think I would have left to go anywhere but home to Carolina.

There's always going to be love between me and Green Bay.

When it comes to football, I'm more of a traditional guy. I love going to Green Bay.

If you take guys that love the grind of football and who are passionate about football, it should click regardless if they have the proper talent.

You know, it's funny, I know a lot of people outside of football in different businesses, whatever it is. And they're in the grind and they do this anymore and say, 'I think I've got to retire.' They get out, they see what life is like without it. Appreciate things, make a few adjustments and come back in.

I think a lot of times with football players, we're just head down, grinding away, maybe not enjoying it as much as we should.

Goal line is goal line. You go down there and it's the grit and grind of the game.

My mum worked in a grocery shop and played football, and my dad worked with cars, a sales director, and he played to almost a professional level. His dad played as well.

We had been getting some bad results, now it is up to us to make up the ground and catch Manchester United.

Ive worked outside football. I knew every day what I had. I loved going into football grounds, smelling it, seeing it, hearing it. Thats what grabbed me. Thats what I miss.

I want to make sure I'm not the last NFL player to come out of the Grove.

I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but with the family that He's blessed me with and the opportunity He's given me to grow up in a home that embraces God.

What cooler way to grow up for an American boy than to be around cars and football?

Having grown up there, my dad in 1967 took me to the Rams-Eagles game, and I've been a Rams fan since I was a kid.

I find football much more powerful than what grown-ups want it to be. It's a community to me; it's something very meaningful in the life of many, many people and especially the youth. And, therefore, I think it can bring social cohesion.

Everyone wants to finish a project they start, but in the world of football, you cannot guarantee anything.

I only guarantee one thing when I take over a new club: that we play good football.

A lot of businessman come into football find it difficult. They think because they have more money to throw at it, that will work. Of course money helps but it doesn't guarantee success.