Willy Caballero Quotes

When I graduated from college I didn't want to play in the AFL.

Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.

I interned at the NFL Network while I was in college, but I have not had an internship or another job other than football in a very long time.

To avoid becoming chronically unemployed, people need more than platitudes offering sympathy. Career reinvention requires encouragement and guidance.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

I don't think I've ever done anything professionally.

Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.

We want to encourage those who are able to work, no question.

I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else.

There are several million job vacancies on the country right now, but they don’t line up with skills [of the unemployed.]

I don't know how long my body will allow me to compete, but I can't imagine doing anything else. That day will come, and I just hope there'll be a light shining down a path telling me where to go.

You must prepare to quit, and they should start doing that from day one because the average life of a pro-football player is only three and a half years. It's not five. It's not seven. It's not 10.

It's tough to reenter the work force.

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.

When I stopped playing football, I stopped my relationship with my agent. I always had one agent.

Football's not forever.

It's hard to transition out of football. Even when you're super successful, guys who have played 18 or 20 years and have won four Super Bowls, they still have difficulty with that transition. They believe they're not ever going to do anything that important again.

Over the course of my career, I'm trying to win Super Bowls... I am an NFL football player now, and I'm going to try the best that I can to be the best one.

If your route is that you are practically minded, and that is what presses your button, and you do an apprenticeship and you get a job that way, that is fantastic.

When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I tell people this story, they always end up laughing, and I chuckle about it at my own expense. I was a big fan of American football; I played in high school, and I ended up earning the opportunity to play in college.

I went to play in the NFL.

It's one thing to play football in this league and make a living, but it's a totally different thing to come to a place with a rich tradition like the Bears.

Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a problem to be solved.

When I was a youngster, my dream was to play in the first team. I was constantly thinking, 'Will I make a career in football? Am I going to have to go out and get a job?'