Anywhere Quote by Ryan Coogler

I started playing football on the streets; I grew up playing football on the streets with my friends, and that's why I was brought…

— Diego Costa

I didn't start playing football on a team until 11th grade. I only got to go out then because the coach brought me home…

— Mike Webster

I wouldn't have went to school if I wasn't playing football.

— Blueface

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was…

— Mike Krzyzewski

I went to play in the NFL.

— Zach Ertz

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

My parents wanted me to have a good education, so I finished school, and at the same time I was able to play football.

— Ilkay Gundogan

Prior to high school, I played a lot of neighborhood football.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

I wasn't good at school, so I wouldn't have gone to university. I'm so grateful for football, and I don't know where I would…

— Karen Carney

We lived in a tough neighbourhood where there were gangs, and although my mum made sure I studied at school, they also allowed me…

— Roberto Firmino

One of the reasons I never went into pro football was because I wanted my kids to grow up around an academic environment. And…

— Ara Parseghian

When I was growing up they didn't want me to do it because my mother was a teacher - they wanted me to go…

— Kelechi Iheanacho