As a part of the NFL, things change every year.

Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.

We want to play the AFC Cup every year.

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they’d be, what position they’d play and so on.

Joe Frazier got hit more than me – and he doesn’t have Parkinson’s.

Football is big business – you can’t get away from it. But you have to separate that side from the playing.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.

The bat is not a toy, it’s a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

I’ve met some Evertonians in the street, and they’ve been friendly. I’ve had taxi drivers who have been Everton fans. They’ve been really nice.

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

As an athlete, you’d better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.

Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.

I’d just as soon play tennis with the net down.

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

Football coaches don’t have real problems.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

When I was playing, there were always lots of teams in contention for the league – Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Leeds. Every week was a big game and a big battle.

I do understand it’s not easy to run an I-league club. I have been part of many and I know the scene.

I have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I’ll leave those things to the men.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

To be able to finish opportunities that I do get in the paint, that makes a difference.

I’m a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They’re great for you limber-wise, they’re great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.

I don’t think there’s been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

He is really something. I love him. He is Sir Arsene Wenger.

I always thought about working in England because of the kind of football, the intensity of football. Liverpool was first choice.

Personally yes I want our country to have one league. When it’s going to be one league, which we all are hearing, it has to be abiding by AFC rules.

If it wasn’t for baseball, I’d be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who they think is the better player. It is what it is, but there is no rivalry beyond games and what happens on the pitch.

An agent won’t help you get drafted higher, won’t make you win more games, and won’t make you faster or stronger.

I focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.

The last game I played in college was in the NIT against St. Mary’s. That was the first time I had come to the Oakland area. So, the last game I played in college and the first game of my NBA career were out here in the Bay Area. It’s pretty cool.

I love soccer, love tennis… Roger Federer has been a favourite for a long, long time. The kind of consistency he has shown, 16 Grand Slam titles… The way he handles himself in pressure situations is admirable… He is so calm… In soccer, I’m a huge fan of Barcelona… I like watching Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and David Villa.

Players who are not from the U.K. have to get used to the winds. I have to adapt my style as a result as well. Often, you are forced to keep things simple.

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

When I used to play sports, I’d be the one cheering the team on, ‚Come on, we can beat these guys!‘ That’s just in me.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

I was the one who took football off the back pages and put it on to page one.

I’m committed to the fight game.

I saw MotoGP on TV first, before I saw F1 and other types of car racing. It’s what I got more into. It was cool, there was good, exciting racing.

They used to call me ‚Touchdown T.‘ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‚I’m going to run for three touchdowns.‘ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.

Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you’re going to win.

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

When you play sports like tennis, you’re alone, and that’s a good school for life, but it’s also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too – helping others in difficult moments.

I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

Hey, I think it’s easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it’s a much greater accomplishment. That’s hard.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

I was saluted by Alex Ferguson when I was subbed and that made me very happy.

As Dortmund manager, I lived in a street, and my two neighbours were Schalke fans. They showed it every day, flying flags!

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career – which is very short.

There’s many ups and downs in the fight game.

Football is a contact sport. So, on the pitch, it isn’t possible to maintain distance like you can in an office job.

My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn’t much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn’t even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.