When I started playing, there were no teams and no structure, so I had to play with the boys. I get very emotional when I think about the humiliation that I've suffered playing football.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There were probably a few games I played where I should not have played, because of some nagging injuries or something. I used to always talk the managers into playing me, because I wanted to play so badly.
I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.
It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team.
Football lost its excitement for me.
When you are happy and playing regular football, that can make life a lot easier.
The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore.
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 was not a very good football player. My coach hated me - I don't know why, I guess it's probably because I wasn't very talented.
When you're playing football, and your enemies are there, you don't have a lot of time to think to yourself. You've got stuff to handle. You've got places to be, meetings to go to, bigger fish to fry. You really don't attack the emotional side of your life.
For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a very therapeutic sport. Very.