Football Fatigue Quotes

I don't want to play anymore. I'm tired of football but also tired of people who work in football.

During the season, the teams play every third day. That's a huge workload with some long journeys. I think, in football, we need more time to rest and recover.

I'm a bit tired of so much football, so much football. I want to enjoy my family a bit. I'm very keen to stop and get a bit of calm.

The problem is you lose too much energy when you play in the Premier League. Even when you play the team on the bottom, it is difficult.

When we go out to train, we work hard, but when we're back in the hotel, you want to chill out. People want to switch off from football because you spend so much time doing it. For me, switching off means playing jokes.

I was drafted by the New Orleans Saints, and quite frankly, I got worn out playing football. I got tired of it. With wrestling, there were so many variables that could go with it, so many directions you could go. Every night, it was different. Every night. It was a different town 7 nights a week and twice on Sunday.

After Euro 2012, I had very little holiday and almost no desire to play football. I was slipping into depression, from all the travelling.

With Ajax, I played Mexico in Mexico City, and our players could hardly keep up for half the match.

I was drafted by the New Orleans Saints and was tired of dealing with injuries. I just got tired of playing football, if you want to know the truth, and I was sitting on the floor at my father in-law's house and started to watch pro wrestling. I've watched it for a little bit before, so I thought to myself, 'You know what? I can do that!'

I can't say I love football anymore.

I think playing international football burns players out, but I was in and out of the England squad so never felt that.