Ball player Quote by Chris Long

I have been around football all my life, and it doesn't happen. It never enters my mind. I don't think, 'Oh, what's going to…

— Harry Redknapp

Everybody's going to play in tough-weather games - snow, rain, sleet - but you've got to hold onto the football.

— Peyton Hillis

That is everyone's dream, to not play in the preseason.

— Todd Gurley

The real football starts in training camp.

— Alex Smith

You feel quite distant by playing at huge stadiums year after year, where you only can see a great darkness in front of you

— Robert Plant

I think if you're not strong, in life or in football, not every day is going to be going up and seeing the sunshine.

— Marco Reus

That's the whole part of playing football and having training camp. Coming in and recognizing how players play.

— Jason Pierre-Paul

We are all football players and we are here to do our best. You want to work hard in training and we will see…

— Simon Mignolet

It seems like every preseason there is something I'm trying to get through.

— Matt Leinart

You're not going to be as good as you're going to be at the end of the season in your first preseason game.

— Devin McCourty

It's football season; anything can happen.

— Troy Brown

Football's not particularly crazy. Once you are in it, you're in the eye of the storm, and it's quite nice.

— Robert Green