Graham Taylor Quotes

I had to sit out for 21 weeks. I got to feel what it would be like if I didn't play, and I can't imagine not playing.

Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him.

It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him. I miss being him. Or trying to be him. He is one of a gallery of characters that have had an impact on my career and therefore my life.

All I wanted to be was a player.

When you left on Saturday, I felt a horrible void, I saw you everywhere, on the beach, in your room, in the garden: impossible for me to get used to the idea that you had left.

I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.

I miss the game - I miss it a lot.

You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.

No longer are the days where I just kind of fly under the radar. Everybody's recognizing me. Everybody wants pictures. They feel inspired. It's very cool.

Each player wants to perform in every match he plays. Sometimes it happens; sometimes it doesn't. If I am not able to perform in a given match, I leave that behind.

When I was 16 years old, watching football for the first time, the Cowboys were always on TV - unfortunately, looking back at it now - but Jason Witten was the guy who carried himself, in my opinion as a 16-year-old kid, the right way. He was a phenomenal tight end.

I didn't work out with Kobe. I don't know where that came from. I wish I could have.

Sam Bradford was one of the most humble and grounded players I've ever been around; he got it. But I even told him, what makes you think those fans in the stands are wearing No.14 for you? Who says it's not an old Josh Heupel jersey?

I've always liked Dzeko - he's a champion.

As a tennis player, normally you lose almost every week.

I don't ever enjoy time away from the game. But it does make you appreciate what you have.

I love football, but being away from it is tough.

I had Lana and she was the number one player on my team

I just hope that you miss me a little when I'm gone.

I missed her then but it was an odd sort of missing because by then, I knew the meaning of forever.

We all miss you so much. It just never ends. It feels like we were all wounded in your battle, Caroline. I miss you. I love you.

What you really value is what you miss, not what you have.

Well you only need the light when it's burning low, only miss the sun when it starts to snow.