Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
In hindsight, that time out of football gives you the hunger to want to get back to basics and play football.
Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.
I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.
I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.
I've been playing football forever, and I've been making plays forever.
Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.
Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.
I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.