Quotes About Football

I only want to be a player who can help Madrid return to their rightful place in football.

Jermaine Defoe was from my area. Rio Ferdinand used to come into my barbershop.

The player I look up to is Rio Ferdinand. I have always played at the back, and I've always tried to base my game on his.

We take more risks at United than the majority of teams but the manager wants us to play.

As the story about CTE got more real, it became more clear that players are playing that without a full understanding of the risks they face, and the long-term effects.

I think the Swansea-Cardiff rivalry is good.

The rivalry between Barca and Madrid is very big.

I played for four years in Porto and our biggest rivals were Benfica. But I always had respect for the club, I don't hate Benfica.

Robert Lewandowski is a fantastic forward. He challenges me in every match with his performances and goals.

I don't think my players are robots. They are humans and make errors.

Luis Suarez's always been a great role model for me. His style of play is sometimes like he's playing with his mates in the street.

I got to know the world of football fans and their pride in it, how they would find a family away from home. Most of them came from broken families. It always had a bit of romance to me, when I went to the game with all these boys that would just die for each other.

I'm a huge Ron Rivera fan, I played for Ron for three years in Chicago.

Ron Dayne is still my favorite player of all time.

I remember hearing stories about Aaron Rodgers coming into my rookie year and to get my hands on him, it's huge.

The rotation system at Bayern makes it nearly impossible to play week after week, even when you're putting in some top performances.

Once you get into the NFL, it doesn't matter what draft pick you are, what round you are, if you're undrafted or not. It's football time again. The draft, all of that doesn't matter anymore.

There were certain routes that I didn't get a chance to run in college.

You can't sign up for this kind of wrestling in school, so I went the football route first and I was successful at it.

And though I was not a Man United fan, and I'm still not, I just was fascinated by Roy Keane.

Every year rumours seem to emerge that I am going to Juventus, so this story has been going for a long time.

I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.

I often come across Russians and they're all interested in football.

When results aren't good the manager gets the sack, that's the game.