Arsene Wenger Quotes

I'm always a player who has taken fairly rough treatment, to be honest. I think my time in Scotland typified that because I think there was one game where I set a record for being fouled ten or 11 times in a game.

I never want to hurt a player but being physical is different. Body to body.

Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.

There's a handful of situations already in two games - some hits I don't need to take - and I'm taking them because I'm stringing out the play.

Nobody I ever broke bread with - and I see players all the time - talked about using their head running the football. I've seen Barry Sanders and Eric Dickerson and Marcus Allen and Franco Harris, and we've all been together - we were all together at the Super Bowl - and no one talked about using their head.

Some people get nervous when I run because quarterbacks, they gotta go down and stay healthy.

For my size, I think I played bigger than my size. I tried to play bigger, which is probably why I got as injured as I did.

I went for a tackle with Radamel Falcao against Colombia, and he just dropped to the floor. I said to him 'Just get up!'

Ronnie Lott - he got a really good shot on me once and I learned that unless I wanted to shorten my career, I needed to steer clear of his path.

Football is a contact sport and sometimes is difficult to measure that.

I've always been a physical player.

It is always a shame when players are injured.

I mean, football is a violent sport.

Football is more disputed in England than it is in Italy. Every match is a very hard match because the referee doesn't blow his whistle as much as in Italy, and every team plays against each other like it is a final. I enjoy it more in England because you have to think quicker. The pace of the game is faster, so you don't have much time to think.

Playing defense, it was a tough job, but it was pretty simple: When the ball came off, get in the backfield and create havoc and find the ball carrier.

Whether it's one play in the NFL or 1,000 plays in the NFL, your pads will come off eventually.

Football has always been a contact sport, and it's always going to be a violent sport, and there are going to be repercussions from that. But every player that ever played this game and will play this game, they're signing up for it.

Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don't like being roughed up. They're not used to that.

It is relatively easy... to determine whether or not a blow to a quarterback was deemed excessive or incidental. So I'm discouraged that there have been a number of games that are influenced - not that the outcomes are in question - but a number of games influenced based on the protection of the quarterback.

This is football, man. We all sign up to get hit.

Check my records: you'll find I've never caused a bad injury to a player.

I think that football has always had a passionate, aggressive side, with players giving their all. People have to get used to this.

As players, we only get opportunities when players get injured and you never want to see anyone get injured.

It doesn't change the way we play, I'll tell you that much. If we hit a guy and get fined, we get fined.

No one's saying anything against healthy, fair hardness. That's a part of football. But referees must look more closely and make sure limits are not exceeded.