Football Quote by Mark Henry

To be quite honest, and anybody will tell you, growing up I was going to be a pro athlete. I didn't have any option.…

— Herm Edwards

My mother really wanted me to go to school and to university, but I was adamant that I wanted to be a football player.

— Peter Schmeichel

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

— Julius Peppers

I had played sports all my life, and I thought that was going to be the way. But I saw where the potential in…

— Jason Wiles

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

— Ronald Reagan

Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.

— Russell Wilson

Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I…

— J. J. Watt

A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball.

— Matt Holliday

I didn't think of football growing up. This wasn't my career, something I chose. It was something I was picked in.

— Jason Pierre-Paul

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

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

There are lots of different ways to play football; I choose one in my career. I believe in that one.

— Manuel Pellegrini