Jamie Carragher Quotes

It's a nice release when you make a perfect tackle, a good hit.

When a defender comes up to tackle me, I want him to feel that ground.

I love tackling, love it. It's better than sex.

Football is a violent game. We are violent men.

There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.

I don't know how many times you see 10s tackle each other.

If there is no blood on the line, it is not rugby league.

I killed many a quarterback. I felt like I scored when I took their head off.

Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

I tell you ladies, there is nothing as exciting as smash, smash, smash.

If I'm not making plays, I can't get the crowd going. When I'm making plays, that's where I can feel a vibe and can get into it with the crowd.

The most excited you'll ever see me is after knocking a guy out.

I play with a lot of emotion because I'm a passionate guy, and I play with that passion. I love playing that way. Sometimes you're late onto the ball, sometimes you're not. Sometimes you make contact with the guy when you tackle him, sometimes not. It's a sport where individual duels are vital, so I don't see it as a problem.

The physicality of boxing is like nothing else.

Tackling is my favorite part of the game.

People who like hard-hitting wrestling and action, they'll like me.

The playoffs are like nothing else. The intensity is off the meat rack and I'm looking forward to going back.

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

I feel like I'm just going to go full speed and tackle. If that means there is friendly fire on my guy, then that's what I gotta do. I try not to do that because I know I'll lay a big hit on them, but if that's what I gotta do, that's what I'll do just to make sure that tackle gets made.

I relate football with boxing, with a street fight. In both cases there is always one moment, a second, in which someone shows fear in their eyes, in their body. In football it's exactly the same.

It always gets you going when you get hit for the first time. It reminds you that you play football.

Professional football is the most violent thing your eyes have ever seen.

When I'm out there flying around, blocking shots, dunking the ball, grabbing rebounds it brings everybody's spirits up and gets them going.

When things are right and things are focused, it's a game to me, and I'm there just stalking and punching and grabbing and tearing people up.

Football: War with cleats and pads.