Kemar Roofe Quotes

I was devastated by the loss of my job in March, although I can understand why it occurred.

Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.

The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then you've got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or you've got no money and you can trust anyone, but then you've got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse?

I'm greedy, and I have a house to pay for and a wife. She has a job of her own, but I bleed her dry. She's on her third shift right now.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

It's perceived that money can take care of anything but in my experience it makes everything 15 times harder because you can't act 'normal' and you're not allowed to be vulnerable or weak but we all are.

While growing up, I saw how finances can play havoc in anybody's life. While we were comfortable, money didn't come easy.

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.

Anytime you take someone's money, that puts enormous pressure. But I think if you want the most reward, you have to take the most risk.

Having money hasn't made me any happier. There are some negatives associated with it too, like having to be away from home when you don't want to be.

A lot of us players, if you were to ask them, feel like they have to play overseas. Why? 'Why not? Might as well do it while I can.' For a while, I felt that way - I've got to make the most money that I can. Now, do I feel like I could still play overseas? Absolutely. But I don't feel that pressure anymore.

You keep your rent low, which takes some of the pressure off. So when I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I don't mean, 'Give me more money.' I mean 'no.'

I told myself at some point that I've got to hold it down for my family. I can't let work and the check and the money dictate decisions that I truly want to make.

Christmas is cheery for some people and depressing for others.

I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me.

I still try to treat football as a game even if there are now other considerations at stake, especially economic ones.

I don't want to play anymore. I'm tired of football but also tired of people who work in football.

You have to remember that professional football is a job, too, and some people have to get results on the pitch to pay to live.

You're playing football for a living. There aren't many things better than that.

Competitive sports may be where exercise becomes 'fun' for children who are good at it, but for those who are less talented, it is where exercise becomes not only physically demanding but also emotionally painful and socially humiliating.

It wasn't about the money. I was just playing basketball, playing with my brother, happy being in the NBA.

I'm more than blessed to be able to play a PE sport for money.

Being able to provide for me and my brother and my family, that's pressure.

The first day I got drafted, I felt the fans were really passionate about basketball, and there was going to be a lot of pressure.

It's heartbreaking to think that the joy of building a family is being dimmed by the economic squeeze young people are feeling.