Ball player Quote by Dick Butkus

I worked hard to be a professional footballer.

— Darren Fletcher

I wanted to be part of a football team as a tough guy. That attitude just kind of always stuck with me.

— Blake Bortles

I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.

— Julian Edelman

I probably never should have been a professional football player, based on my start! But I worked my way and, obviously, didn't finish the…

— Owen Hargreaves

I was a football player and competitor in life.

— Bill Goldberg

Ever since I was a little boy, I had my eyes set on being able to say I was a professional athlete. I worked…

— Colton Underwood

I was a tough player, but I wasn't the most talented player.

— Sean McDermott

I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid. I didn't…

— Tony Gonzalez

I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.

— Peter Hollingworth

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was…

— Jerry Rice

I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because…

— Mr. T

I was playing tackle football in the street at five years old. Always being physical. Always being tough, just like a man's man. It…

— Matt Barnes