Jimmy Hill Quotes

A great guy who is no longer in the league right now who is retired, Kyle Vanden Bosch, I learned a lot from him, and I owe him a lot for my success in the NFL.

My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?'

You know, even though I feel that I can still play the game, God has made the answer clear to me. Retirement is now. I have to retire as a Green Bay Packer.

From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.

I had a great time in the NFL. To make it in the amount of time that I did was awesome; it's a dream come true, and hell, it gave me the opportunity to go wrestle.

Of course I would return to Real Madrid once I win all there is to win with Chelsea and after a long and successful career at Chelsea.

You sacrifice so much to get to the NFL. You miss recitals and graduations. Moments that you can't have because you're focused on being the best.

Whether it's one play in the NFL or 1,000 plays in the NFL, your pads will come off eventually.

I wish to play again for West Ham before I finish my career.

I quit when I was 52, and everybody was telling me that I was too young and I'd be bored - all of those things.

I have a limited amount of time to build a career out of football and be the best that I can be at this job. When this job is over, I have the rest of my life to do what I want with my time.

Football is my job, not my life, but it's a job I'm going to give my all for as long as I'm in it.

I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.

I wanted to get a puppy, but then things started getting super, super busy, and I didn't have a chance.

Umtiti is a great player, and we expect him to stay at Barca for many more years and for him to enjoy his football with us.

Bernard is a great player, a player for the Brazilian national team, and I also followed his progress with Atletico Mineiro.

My wife's family kept inviting me to shoot and I just didn't want to go, but since retiring from football I've had more time and I thought... let's get all the kit and practice.

I enjoyed my time in the Premier League and in Qatar.

I have been a Madridista since I was young. I always wanted to play for Real Madrid, and now that I have the opportunity to be important here, I want to take it.

Ever since I was a boy, I have wanted to be a professional footballer and to captain my country one day.

I'm getting older, and I'm smarter about how I eat.

My training has always been a priority; whatever needs to be done will get done first before anything else. Social life will come after that. I still love being around friends and family, but with all the travelling overseas, it makes it very tough to fit in.

We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and get a real job.

I respect Cristiano Ronaldo. He has had a superb career.

When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything else.