Peyton Hillis Quotes

I think the main thing about football is confidence.

That's what international football is all about - be able to bounce after a bad performance.

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can.

I feel like, at any given time, if I'm not playing my best football, if I'm not taking coaching points, if I'm not doing things right out there on the field, I feel I can be covered by anyone.

Every time I step on the field, I step on the field to make plays.

When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance.

The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

We don't always get our respect but you've got to deal with it and go out there every week and just win football games.

If people want to say nasty things that's a good thing in a way because it means people will underestimate me come fight night.

Strikers never lose games... we have to be honest and say that.

When I first started playing in a youth football league, I was the worst kid on the team. I quit the first year. And then the next year, I was still the worst kid - I didn't even play.

I've been in football a long time and one thing you don't do is when things are going well, you don't get carried away. And when they don't, you stay positive.

This is life. This is football. Mistakes happen to any player.

For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.

After the leg break it was a very tough time. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't sometimes thought about stopping playing football.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

If you play for Manchester United, you have to be strong.

I got kicked out of the league because I had a hard time sustaining at the quarterback position.

That's the thing with football: you have some good games, you have some bad games but the main thing is that you go back, you recap and next week you're ready to fight again. That's the main thing.

I'm not the first quarterback to have an off game. I won't be the last.

We know in football nothing is done and things can turn very easily if you don't respect basics.