Vance Joy Quotes

At Sunderland, all the girls knew each other. I wasn't that extroverted person to go join in. I was a little bit in my shell. But as soon as I started kicking a football, it was fine.

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.

If you play football, there's going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

Football changed my life and it gave me a platform to get out my aggression and it gave me a sense of value.

Football was a wonderful experience for me. It was a means of, oh, I don't know, sustaining for much of my youth. In times of trouble, I've always had football. I always knew I was a football player. And that was a comfort on many occasions.

I think the main thing about football is confidence.

I just felt like I didn't have to go back to football. Anytime I don't have to hit somebody, I'm all for it.

Football gave me a sense of purpose. It gave me a sense of me.

I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it's a beautiful game in many respects, one that allows you to follow a player from boyhood through manhood.

The only problem is getting comfortable with myself. It's different for me, a different team. I have to try to do the best I can, working, trying to get comfortable in the left field and with my teammates, too.

Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.

The physio side probably stemmed from the knocks I got as a player.

Even now I don't consider myself skinny, but I have put a lot of hard work into my body over the years, and in the process, I've really learned to love myself.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life.

The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36.

Make yourself comfortable in everything you do.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

I felt very comfortable about myself when I was much heavier. I feel much better about myself from being fit.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.