No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered.
The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand.
More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players.
I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.
I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school into college in the intramurals and I loved it. There was nothing like a team.
For some reason in today's society, people look up to football players and you have a voice. And it's because of that voice you have the opportunity to impact people's lives.
I love football now. I have a club in Sarajevo, and I love that. The fans are fantastic. The people who run the club are incredible, honest people, and they really motivate me.
Football is about winning; it's that simple. You have to love what you do. If you're here for the money, than you don't belong here.
I don't want to be throwing the football on the front yard when I'm 75. I mean, I'm not opposed to men doing that. But I don't think it's gonna work for me.
For years in football I was angry with the game, angry with pundits and, a lot of the time, angry with the journalists writing about me. All that changed when I got my break in movies.
Well, football is a hard game; there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times.
I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.
I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.
I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.
It makes me very happy when I create goals or score goals myself, but the most important thing is that the team reaches its goal and plays positive football.
There are times where I am trying to make the big play before I even catch the football.
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.
There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succeed, anybody can play, but you've got to work hard to do it.
Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don't take days off as long as I'm working on something that's supposed to be all in the same mood.
