Am Quote by Leighton Vander Esch

I thought I was great at football. For a long time I thought I could have been a professional if I'd wanted to.

— David Baddiel

I just want to continue to play great football - that's all that matters. I don't really care about the accolades or any of…

— Justin Tuck

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

— Jerry O'Connell

I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the…

— Sam Hunt

Football's always been part of what I do, not who I am.

— Dwayne Haskins

I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being…

— Lionel Messi

Everything I've done after football requires so much less focus, less work, less stress, it's kind of like a weight has been lifted off…

— Howie Long

You know, I'm not one of these where football is everything in my life. It never has been and there have always been things…

— Steve Bruce

Just because I'm undersized and under-this and under-that, I've still been a good football player since I was little.

— Wes Welker

I know too well how much I am going to miss football after my career for me to put up my own barriers.

— Olivier Giroud

Leaving a legacy beyond just playing football has become extremely important to me.

— Ha Ha Clinton-Dix

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