John Branch Quotes

Footballers are the most vulnerable people. They exude confidence, but inside, they're so lacking in confidence. They know they can lose form or be injured. This profession is so insecure, you wouldn't believe it.

I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.

The tension in pro ball comes from the realization that any game could be your last, that an injury could end your career. And in TV, you never know if or when your series will be canceled.

I don't know what it's like to be an actor, where if your show gets canceled, really you're just a bum.

None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for.

A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career.

In football, every play, play after play, there's that physicality. Football players only play once a week, so they must really need to rest. That does kind of tell you how physical the sport is. But in hockey, you have the boards. I just couldn't say which is more physical.

But I got drafted out of high school, and my mother wasn't having it. She was like, you're not about to think that you can just play ball, because if you get hurt, you're going to be out of luck.

Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat.

I've always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that's the way things are.

Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?

Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody.

There's no doubt about it; playing football and how tough it is on the body afterwards.

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

I played 15 years of hockey, and I got more injured doing two weeks of cheer camp.

After Leaving Las Vegas I did assume that things would get a lot easier than they've been. But it's just been a mirror of the way my career's been from the beginning, so for it to have changed would have been strange. My career has never been perfect.

My career is just kind of crazy.

You either end up on a good, fun show that's successful, or you have that question mark in your future, and you know that you don't know what's going to happen, which is exciting.

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.

I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.

For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.

I had a dream to be an attorney. I don't know if I ever would've passed the bar or not, but that was my dream.

I rodeo-ed for nine years. That's my other life.

I'm very aware of how quickly my career could end.