Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

It's not easy to be a footballer.

The footballer's career is very long and staying on the top for many years is always very difficult.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

Coaches will say that it's not important for their team to run more, and they prefer to make games the right way. I want to make games only the right way and run 10 km more.

As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.

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 played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.

I don't think I was a perfect hurdler, but I guess I did win all the time.

I think the main thing about football is confidence.

When you become an athlete, you live in this bubble. You're in the world, but you're not in the world.

A football player at any level must set goals.

When I was younger, I thought I would finish in my mid-30s because that is normal for most players.

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

People should realize my job is not as tough as a forward playing 80 games and getting hit every day.

I am coming to the part of my career where I want to play more football.

When you are a footballer, you eat, sleep, and breathe football. If I have a bad training session, I can go home and do whatever I want, but you still feel an emptiness.

You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it's going to take a toll on your body. But that's what we're out here for. We're out here to play.

I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.