Jamie Carragher Quotes

Football is my life, and I cannot imagine myself doing anything other than playing this game.

I have always wanted to play for Nigeria and I enjoy each minute we gather and when we play.

The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

When I was just starting out in the business, I used to love to watch Lorne Greene doing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I said right then, 'That's what I want to do someday,' and it's been one dream that has come true.

I didn't always know, but I always wanted to. I always wanted to be the very best receiver the Cowboys ever had. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and my goal throughout my career: being the best they ever had, going up in the Ring of Honor.

I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.

I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.

Football's in my blood - and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.

I really hope acting is going to be my career to the end, but you don't know anything, really, do you?

I've never hankered for any role.

I think the only thing to consider is do you want to try to coach in the NBA and for me it never was an issue. I never really had that desire.

It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job.

From the moment I left Sao Paulo and Brazil, I was fixed on staying here, playing for the first team and succeeding at Real Madrid. That was always my dream. But it was an advantage to be able to join Castilla first.

I am a footballer. I know how to play football, and I know how to manage projects in the area of football. This is what I want to limit myself to.

I'd love the opportunity to continue to work in the U.S. with people I have always admired and I also want keep telling stories from where I'm from.

All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.

Maybe sometimes I don't look like that I'm really enjoying being on the court and playing tennis, but inside, I'm really enjoying it.

There are those kind of fighters that just go in to get paid. That's not me, man. I have never been that guy.

If I ever want to get back into coaching I should be calling teams they shouldn't be calling me. That's when you know you really want to do it.

I think as long as I feel good and am able to perform on a high level, I will keep playing because I love football so much. After that, I have many options but haven't set any goals.

Of course we all dream about doing big, playing for big clubs, but I wanted to play football because of the love for the game.

I've got goals I want to achieve in my career and I'm working towards them every day.

The only thing I wanted out of Indiana was a chance to win my whole career there.

At some point, I would like to coach Argentina, but I have to improve as a coach. I would like to do it in the final stretch of my career.

I always wanted to work on the long term and help structure things. I wanted to be a sporting director.