Ross Barkley Quotes

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.

Lets be honest: I'm an athlete, not an entertainer as much. So as an athlete, I am a guy who likes the physical confrontation of the football field. I like playing nose-guard; I like having two 350 pound guys trying to rip my head off.

I learned a lot in the Bundesliga, just playing with these very physical players, playing quickly.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

Football is not as easy as it looks from the television gantry.

Basketball is more than just strength and power.

I grew up playing in lots of physical battles against lots of players. It's something I enjoy. I'm a big lad myself, so I feel I can handle myself in a battle.

The Premier League is very strong, physical football, and I am not a strong player.

The Premier League has a lot of intensity, a lot of physicality.

Ligue 1 is a very physical league. In each team, there are very fast players, dangerous wide men with plenty of speed and endurance.

In the Premier League, you can't play against anyone if you don't play at a high pace.

I played semi-professionally for a season, and there's an element of performance to being a footballer, stepping onto the pitch: you feel like a gladiator walking into a colosseum.

Football is simple but very complicated.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

One of the things I've learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.

Guys are just too fast and too big in the NFL.

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.