Robert Covington Quotes

When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I'd be involved in sport in terms of career.

I don't see myself coaching gymnastics. I see myself involved in the sport in the future but involved in other things as well.

I hope to remain connected with the game that's given me so much in some capacity, whatever that proves to be.

Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.

It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.

Sports and management are not as diverse as people think.

I'd like to run a professional football team. I'd love to run the USTA, be the sports editor of the 'New York Times.'

For sure, I would like to continue my life with the strings of football by being a coach, manager - I don't know. But one thing is clear: I will continue doing something related to football.

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.

I told another ESPN friend here, I love all sports. I can't think of any I don't love. I've even come to appreciate cricket. Maybe I could play a sportswriter. I don't know. Anything in the sports realm is appealing.

I want to stay involved in sports in one way or another.

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

Even now I can say I'd love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that.

I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be.

I am gonna go into my coaching badges after my England days are finished and I have the time on my international break.

After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.

I took all the courses you would need to be able to go to law school. But my experience in college with football made me want to go into coaching.

A sort of sadness shall always remain in my mind that I was not allowed to retire while playing, but anyway, it's all a part of life for a sportsman who, while playing, never realises when he should retire, but he starts thinking about it when he is dropped.

I would love to have a career like Zinedine Zidane. He stopped playing, took some time, realised he liked coaching, and started working in the youth academy. I could follow a similar path.

I will certainly continue in football in a different role. I will continue with my contractual, publicity and managerial commitments and finish my studies for coaching.

There comes a time in any proud sportsman's career when you have to make the difficult decision to stop.

I played football in college and what I really wanted to do was be a football coach.

I never thought of a career in athletics.

When I was a player, I was always interested in management.

Perhaps I'll work as a director of football. I don't know.