Academic Quote by Ara Parseghian

Being sporty at heart, I've wanted to learn football since I was a child. But I never got the chance because, growing up, my…

— Nora Fatehi

I remember that when I was little, my parents felt that I should study to become a teacher. They thought football was a waste…

— Sadio Mane

I was so fully involved in football and building a career that I didn't spend nearly enough time with my son when he was…

— Roy Hodgson

For a long time, I was more involved in basketball, baseball and golf. My parents didn't push me into football when I was a…

— Marc Bulger

I didn't grow up playing football. I wanted to be a basketball player.

— Julius Peppers

When I was growing up, I was focused on football and school.

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

When I was growing up they didn't want me to do it because my mother was a teacher - they wanted me to go…

— Kelechi Iheanacho

I've spent my entire adulthood in pro football.

— Jason Witten

I started playing football when I was ten years old, and the main reason was because I wanted to make my parents proud. I…

— Devon Cajuste

I always played football as a kid and never really thought about anything else. I always wanted to do that.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

It's a life lesson that translates beyond football. You can share these things with your kids: Work hard, do things the right way and…

— Sean McDermott

I wanted to play football and see how that went. In my mind, I knew I wasn't good enough to be a pro, but…

— Joel McHale