Charlie Weber Quotes

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

I wanted to go to college and play football.

I wanted to play football all my life, and when I got accepted to Florida State, it was academically - it wasn't for any kind of scholarship. I kind of sat down and said, 'I'm not going to make it to the NFL. I'm not the size nor the skill.'

My dream was to play football at Notre Dame more than anything.

I always thought that I could play football at the college level.

I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?

Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.

One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.

You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that's why it ranks up at the top, because before then, I didn't even think I was good enough to be a professional ballplayer.

Any team can have a bad century.

When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.

At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage.

I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out of it and just trained for football and played ball for so many years - high school, college and the NFL.

I played football and lacrosse in high school. They wanted me to play football at Amherst, which I did not do because my schedule was full enough as it was. But over the course of my student days, I played pretty much every sport out there.

People told me I couldn't play Division I football.

I went to North Carolina to play football.

I was going from Furman to the University of Georgia. I transferred to play football.

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.

I don't think it's much different at this level. It just feels like playing high school football, college football. It's the same games, the same routes.

I love Torrance Gibson. I love his talent. I love the fact he did well academically.

Before I broke my back, I was really looking forward to playing hockey at the University of Michigan. That was my biggest goal.

The University of Texas was very good to Will Muschamp and my family.

I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia.

Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.

I didn't even dream of going to college. College was not in my definition. If somebody told me I was going to play for the Missouri Tigers in 2009, I would laugh at them.