Alex Roe Quotes

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

I'm a professional footballer, and I get paid for doing my job.

When I came to the NFL, I was just trying to make the team.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

I was a borderline guy in the NFL.

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

I thought I had a shot to play for the Dolphins.

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

I became a professional footballer because I love football.

I want to play for Chelsea. I hope I do get that chance, and I think I can compete.

I had a very interesting and exciting life as a footballer, for which I am grateful.

I've given it all from my combine to my pro day to my meetings with teams.

When I was a little child, I watched every game in the Champions League, and now I can play it for myself.

It takes a very tough man to play defensive line at any level of football, but to be able to do it on a Division 1 level, or a professional level, it takes that intensity, that aggression, and you have to be tough.

For me the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn't choose my media life.

I don't have any aspirations to play until I'm 50 years old.

At 14 I was the fastest runner in Denmark. I was nearly a professional goalkeeper. I could have been the rival of Peter Schmeichel.

My first goal was to become a professional footballer.

I've still got the hunger and yeah, a point to prove. Everybody loves playing in the Premier League, don't they?

You're playing football for a living. There aren't many things better than that.

The Liga is a tough league, but I'm inspired by players like Neymar and Messi. You have to work very hard to reproduce what they do, especially Neymar.

I had an expectation going into the NFL, and then the experience that I had exceeded what I expected to see from people that played at that level. And so, it was a learning experience not only from a mental standpoint and a physical standpoint, but just a routine standpoint.

I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level.

Every player dreams of a big league.

I enjoy watching the NFL, but you've got to have a real passion to make that transition and have a real crack at it.