Fighting football, not serenity football – that is what I like.
Just because I’m undersized and under-this and under-that, I’ve still been a good football player since I was little.
I’ve learned lots, obviously – the first thing being never to forget to be grateful. The second is not to bear grudges, because in football, luck does not exist.
The more you and the organization can help take care of personal situations, the smoother the ship runs on the football end.
In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.
It is wonderful… Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.
I would say, if you come out, they can’t take away how you play football. That was the thing for me: once I did come out, it’s not going to affect my diving. I can still perform, no matter what anybody else thinks of me. I’m judged for what I do in the diving pool.
Loyalty is a big part of football, and it shows if you are a real man or not.
This is how I started playing: I was playing hooky one day, and the coach and the principal walked up behind me. They scared me, and I ran, and they noticed I could run really fast. They wanted me to come out for the football team.
As a football player, you would like to play each match.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
It’s too easy to blame other people in football.
I’m a country boy. I grew up kicking around the woods, riding dirt bikes, playing football, climbing rocks and all that good stuff, so that’s always been fun.
I’d call myself a street footballer, that’s where I learned my tricks, and through football I looked at the big players, I think it really helped me.
I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I’m more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.
I want to be successful in football.
I had to play arena football for three years. I had to work in a grocery store for a while to make ends meet. I had to go to Amsterdam to play.
When it came to Sociedad, I didn’t want to come back into football so soon after the Manchester United experience.
I have played international football myself.
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.
Football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference.
I always wanted to play in the NFL. I decided to go to Florida State University as my college to play football because the coach there – Bobby Bowden – had a pedigree and acumen for putting players into the league.
People are passionate about football, and it means a lot to them. I’ve noticed when people go to a Western Sydney game and we’ve won 5-0 or something like that, the supporters are happy all week.
