Aleksandar Mitrovic Quotes

Wrestling saved my life.

I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.

For me, sports is a big part of my life. It helped me through high school. It helped me get better grades, because if you don't have good grades, you can't play sports.

I just want to get better and I love football.

Football was a dream, an opportunity once taken from me - something I thought I'd never be able to do again.

I'm just a happier boy now that I'm playing football. Every day I'm happy and I'm getting up really excited to come in and train and see the boys.

Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

I want to improve as a football player, but even more importantly, I really want to improve as a person.

Football has very direct and strong connections to New Orleans. The game of football has served as a positive beacon in our city. It has given our citizens hope in tough, trying times.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

Sports saved my life.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

I love playing football. So I go out to play football, and I don't really feel pressure. Of course, there are some days when things just don't work out as well as they do on other days, but that doesn't have anything to do with pressure.

I still love the preparation of the game. I think that actually helps you heal faster, still being around it; it keeps you motivated. It keeps you engaged, and I want to be around my teammates.

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.

I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.