Roger Milla Quotes

I realize in every year I don't win a title, I'm closer to retiring.

We have all the money in the world but do not realise how important the body is. A player on average has a seven year professional career, 10-15 if everything goes right. You have to do everything possible to be at your maximum.

I told myself coming into the league that if I could play for six or seven years, that would have been a great career.

Working as a head coach always seemed to be a bit short term. You lose five games and you're out of a job.

I just felt all along that if I could get a certain amount of years in the league, have great years and still have my health when I walked away, that would be great.

So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

I don't think longevity gets enough credit when you're talking about a player.

You always think you're one of those players who will be in one place the whole time, one of those guys they'll never let leave because you play hurt, do what it takes. But it's a different age. A lot of coaches, they like having younger guys.

There is always pressure on managers at whatever stage of a season because we want to be winning games and we want to be winning football matches.

Your job is never secure as a football player - or coach.

I really put the medical school thing on hold and really chased after my football dream. And I guess I'm still chasing. I'm eight years in the NFL, and I feel very fortunate to be where I am.

The thing I really want to do is make the All-Star team and have an All-Star season. If I do that, then I know my team is going to be winning.

I think when you're not in the NFL or when you're early in your career, you don't understand how hard guys work, especially the guys that play a long time and are successful.

I really appreciate having renewed for another year with Chelsea at 38.

For a team of Evergrande's level, fans hope to have the top coaches and the coach will definitely face various pressures.

If you're on the top for your sport or 10 years it's going to seem like you've had more knock-backs than someone who has been at the top for three years.

I've been lucky, man. I've been very lucky for 10 years, made a lot of money playing a game, a kids' game.

That's the thing: You'll lose your legs, your athleticism, but if you can shoot - definitely from 3 - you can play into your high thirties.

You can't rest on six months of good performances because as soon as you have a blip, there is always another player to take your place.

In every sector of business, it's really hard to build something where you can get on a good run. In sports, it's even harder because you only have a small window for an athletic career.

The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth game 1-0, his manager fined him fifty bucks.

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

At 36 years old I can look back on a long and wonderful time in professional football, which I could never have dreamed of as a child.

Hey, you can't play football forever unless you're Brett Favre or Ray Lewis.

Thanks to football, I live a decent life.