Depression Quote by Bruce Grobbelaar

When I was 19 years old, I quit football completely. For about a month, I stayed at home in a depression. This was in…

— Paulinho

When football is your job, a lot of what you feel about yourself and about life can become attached to the outcome of those…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I'm not a person who goes into a deep depression after a defeat. I try to remain reasonably upbeat. I'm realistic enough to know…

— Kevin Keegan

For most players it's hard to accept you've ended your football career and that you have to go out and do something else. But…

— Roberto Di Matteo

After Euro 2012, I had very little holiday and almost no desire to play football. I was slipping into depression, from all the travelling.

— Mats Hummels

When I turned 17, that's when it all got a bit too much. I decided to stop doing pretty much everything. I quit football.…

— Fran Kirby

Although I was prepared to stop playing for the greater good of my health, I was fortunate to find out that playing football wasn't…

— Darren Fletcher

The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore.

— Brian Bosworth

As my father started ascending in the business, people around me started to treat me different. Our lives changed. So that anxiety, that sort…

— John David Washington

I love playing football, and ultimately, that helped me get over my anxiety problems.

— Jesus Navas

Not gonna lie, losing the Super Bowl, it puts you in depression. Not gonna lie, losing the Super Bowl, it puts you in depression.

— Deebo Samuel

It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.

— George Best