You hear players in the past say that it's just a job for them, but for me, it is nothing like that. I literally wish I could play football every day.
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I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.
Personally, I love training, and getting paid to play football is incredible. Playing the game and working hard is what I have always dreamed of doing.
Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
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.
Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it's a beautiful game in many respects, one that allows you to follow a player from boyhood through manhood.
I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.
I've lived most people's dream by playing football.
I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.