Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Quotes

When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.

Never in a million years would I think I'd play in a Super Bowl.

I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

I was a borderline guy in the NFL.

I'm 31 years old and I want to be part of a championship team before my career is over.

I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a number, unless you're obviously trying to get into tournaments and stuff.

Any time you get to compete for the championship in a professional spot, it's just a magic thing.

When you don't play those big matches for a few years, it's tough to play back-to-back after that.

It feels great to be wanted by any team in the NFL.

I had a lot of pressure in my career: when you play at World Cup or Champions League final, there is pressure on your shoulders.

To reach the biggest club in the world where there are millions of fans and a lot of pressure was a brutal change.

I had the opportunity to play in the Premier League, and I did.

I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get to experience in their careers.

I joined the international stage quite late. I didn't do many of the youth age groups, so to come into the senior team and to be offered a Nike deal - a very, very low Nike deal to start with - but I was jumping up to bite the woman's hand off to sign the piece of paper.

I'm playing in the NFL and getting to compete with these guys every single day, getting to play in the pre-season games. That's a dream come true right there.

I knew the statistics of playing pro football were 1% of 1%, so I just never planned on it.

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

I cannot see a situation when I won't feel pressure to play well and win.

I was a very good athlete: actually professional in the sport of handball.

The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay the caddies in the dark.

If you play in the Champions League, it's a very special feeling, there's a different atmosphere.

There's a lot of guys that play the game of basketball for the money, for the fame.

Whenever I come out to go to the NFL, I'd be honored to play for any team. Any team that would give me that opportunity to be part of their organization, it would mean the world to me.

You know that you have to keep winning to keep playing.