Jim Flaherty Quotes

I'm a football player. I believe I'm just as tough as anybody else. I try not to play like a wide receiver.

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

There's ego in all of us rugby players.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.

I'm not the most delicate - I'm not the most graceful person, and I like playing a sport where being not delicate and not graceful is actually a good thing.

I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.

I was very athletic when I was younger and I am a very competitive person, so I never give up.

I am the finest defensive player in the game.

Lets be honest: I'm an athlete, not an entertainer as much. So as an athlete, I am a guy who likes the physical confrontation of the football field. I like playing nose-guard; I like having two 350 pound guys trying to rip my head off.

I was a right-winger, but I was all over the ice.

Since my early days, I've been used to playing with older boys and strong defenders.

I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.

Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how tough I was because I played with them. I got quite a good reputation for beating up boys going up through school.

100 percent, I'm a natural athlete. From when I was younger, I played so many different sports and I've got a competitive mindset.

I've practiced a lot of different sports. I stopped counting after 15.

Football is a tough game. It's a tough game for tough people.

The thing about kicking is, it's not as competitive as other positions, but I feel like I am a competitor.

As far as I can judge, English football is not for everybody. You need to have the lungs for it, you need to have the strength for it.

Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field kicking a ball; get him wrestling.

Miesha is a great athlete, really tough. I know that.

Rugby and wrestling are sports for real athletes.

I grew up playing in lots of physical battles against lots of players. It's something I enjoy. I'm a big lad myself, so I feel I can handle myself in a battle.