Football Careers Quotes

That is the issue with signing young players from other big European football nations - at some point, they will want to go home.

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed.

We've seen a lot of Ravens that will always be known as Ravens not have the opportunity to finish their career here.

Now in the U.S.A., a lot of great players come after their careers in Europe, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, great players.

There shouldn't be a stigma about age with footballers.

During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders.

Many American players - Paul Caligiuri, Claudio Reyna, Eric Wynalda, Kasey Keller, Tony Sanneh, Michael Bradley and Steve Cherundolo, just a partial list - have sought the income and challenge of Germany.

The young players in the Welsh squad aren't young any more

In my years at United, I witnessed some signings who, over their careers, transformed the fortunes of the team. From Eric Cantona, when I was an apprentice, to Dwight Yorke, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Wayne Rooney. These were great footballers who became great United players.

There has been a great list of players who cut their teeth in Europe.

You've seen players at Everton who have been built up but haven't made the grade.

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

Everyone has their own background and some managers are Premier League footballers, international footballers, some of them find themselves getting jobs.

Listen, I don't think there are any backups in this league that don't have aspirations to be a starting quarterback. It's just part of the business. It's part of being on a team and knowing your role.

For the women's team, our job is to be professional footballers for club and country and be the best role models we can be.