I talked to a few schools about playing football, but I had already pretty much made my mind up. I fell in love with baseball at a young age, and I knew that that's what I wanted to do.

Every footballer wants to be in a starting position on the pitch.

Sometimes I think it would be nice to be in a warm office every day. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining because I know how lucky I am to be playing football for a living. The positives by far outweigh the negatives.

With football, you can never predict what's going to happen.

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.

In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I guess the Scottish public needed someone to blame for their international defeats, and I fitted the bill perfectly.

I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.

One game, you can get 15 touches, and the next game you might not touch the ball.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

I hate football.

We all understand there's an inherent risk when you step on the field in football.

People talk about pressure in football, but I don't think pressure should always affect you in a bad way. I love games under pressure.

I like having the ball in my hands and being able to make plays, but I think my shooting is an asset, too.

I always brag about my football skills.

After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer.

I gotta follow my heart. It ain't football. If football made me complete, I would play. But whenever I think of it, my heart pulls me away from whatever reason... This means I'm done.

As a kid, I loved contact sports, especially American football and boxing.

When I look back at football, I've always said to myself, 'I'd rather leave the game and have something in my tank rather than have left all of me out on the field.'

We need more of our players to follow the trend and move to Europe, which is the biggest stage in world football, but we're not doing that, and that makes it difficult for us to compete with other countries.