Jack Butland Quotes

My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.

I've always been someone who said that football is a contact sport.

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

I still get a great buzz from rugby.

I love being a running back. But I really love being a football player.

I had seen the ethos of rugby, and I was very much an admirer. For us, it's a beautiful sport, what I guess what Pele called soccer in Brazil. It's so simple; it's easy to understand. You can play five on five or 15 on 15.

Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you.

I think it's quite difficult to follow in your parent's footsteps in the same sport.

Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.

The only time my records are going to be broken is by my own spawn. I'm going be training that child out the womb.

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.

Football's a war game without fatal casualties; baseball is a picnic on a huge field, without the food.

I like to play football. I'm an aggressive player and also a leader.

You're only out there for 90 minutes, and you have to give it everything you've got. It's a game of football, at the end of the day.

Basketball is so unique. It's both a team and an individual sport.

We play a contact sport, and it's aggressive, and you have to be aggressive in everything you do.

The sport of soccer in general is very combative. People don't realize it's very one-on-one a lot of times.

Obviously my joy is to play football and not just sit out.

I love playing football, and I'm pretty aggressive on the field. I'm a different person on the football field.

I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.

My father loved the game. The people at the Albuquerque Academy I grew up with teaching me the game.

I think all children like futsal. Making quick decisions, moving fast when you're in difficulties on the pitch; it teaches you a lot. I'm passionate about this sport.

I wanted to play Super 15. I wanted to develop some maturity, some leadership and to work on my skill set. Also I want to have played all round the world.

Hockey was my favorite sport my whole life until I played football.

There are so many X-factors going on in the ring. You have to protect your opponent. You have to be conscious of what your opponent is going through and make sure they're safe.