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I always told my dad I'd play professional football.
In professional football you have to live day-to-day.
In professional football, there are always going to be critics.
Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.
The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally.
I'm not sure I will watch a lot of professional football once I've retired.
I was a young boy from Western Australia with a dream to play professional football.
To have six years of professional football under my belt already is really something.
If I'm having problems, I speak to my older brother, who used to play professional football.
The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.
I have a lot to thank Italy for. It's the country that opened the door to professional football for me.
You have to deal with a lot of things when you are a professional football player, and that is not so easy.
David Beckham, for me, every time he came to England camps he was an extremely professional football player.
I don't think my experience with professional football has been what you'd call normal but I don't regret it.
I'd like to run a professional football team. I'd love to run the USTA, be the sports editor of the 'New York Times.'
I always watched professional football and my father played at an amateur level, but I didn't think I wanted to become a pro.
I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.
You have to remember that professional football is a job, too, and some people have to get results on the pitch to pay to live.
One of the great things about being a professional football player is visiting countries and seeing cultures you might never see.
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.
My mum was always more pushing me towards the academic side; she wasn't really interested in me having a professional football career.
Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.
As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place.
I've played with, and against, some of the best players in the world and have experienced so much that professional football has to offer.
I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.
Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing.
You know how much money I could have made playing professional football as a tight end? But I can't jump, and I can't run fast. That was my problem.
Certainly, our work has identified CTE in many professional football players, but we're also seeing it in a very high percentage of college players.
Whenever people say things about me, it always comes back to Liverpool - but I cannot just become 'the former manager.' I am a professional football manager.
I competed every day as a professional football player... You've got to like competing. That's how your team gets better, when you have competition every day.
Cameron was able to get an inside look at professional football from the standpoint of athletes and agents and general managers that few people have ever seen.
Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, they showed me what is English football. It's tough, it's difficult and they showed me how life is like in professional football.
We have professional football, but we also have a beautiful game which, wherever you go, can be used as a social tool for change. Football has an unmatchable power.
I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.
I got my first taste of real professional football on loan at Northampton. I was 18 at the time, and I played only nine games, but it was a massive opportunity for me.
I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
Canada welcomed me and my family and I am grateful for the opportunity to realize my dream of being a professional football player and representing Canada on the world stage.
I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.
It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.
Ever since I started professional football at 15 there was always that togetherness and solidarity in the dressing room - it is a sanctuary. When I started football everyone believed it.
Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time and looking to jump into the business world at a young age was pretty daunting for me.
I operated a professional football team in L.A. By no means was it the NFL, but I understand what it takes on some level to build and operate a professional sports enterprise in Los Angeles.
Until the age of thirteen, I tortured the waiting worlds of book illustration and professional football by shilly-shallying over which of them was going to get the benefit of my inestimable talents.
We spend our spare time taking care of little things. I can watch a little bit of college and professional football if I want to... Our favorite pastime is trying to take pictures of our hometowns from space.
When I watch professional football, I love listening to John Madden because I know he knows what he's talking about. He's been both down in the trenches and in front of the bench as a coach. He knows the game.
In 'Dragon Ball,' the characters have a challenge. They know they have to push their bodies to the limit in their training so they can make sure to defeat their opponent, much like professional football players.
My dad excelled at so many sports in his life. Everything from professional football to being a world-class shot putter, but nothing meant as much to my dad as what he accomplished in the ring as a WWE Superstar.
I was just a kid who had arrived in the world of professional football and thought he could do anything he wanted. But I have learned from my mistakes. I have done everything to change, both on and off the pitch.
I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.