Marcus Rashford Quotes

I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.

Technique is everything and we play a contact sport.

I love offensive physicality.

I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps.

I enjoy sports movies that don't sugarcoat. One thing that irritates me about sports movies is that they're like, 'The magic of the ball,' and 'The magic of the stadium.' It ain't that magical. When you get hit coming across the middle at 25 miles per hour, the magic's over.

Football is a violent sport. Somebody's going to get hurt. It's the game. Just hopefully, you're on the good side of it.

You don't have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they're not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.

We're not necessarily going to be more athletic than the other team, but we can outwork them, and we can be tougher than they are.

It's the most violent sport there is.

Every now and then you have to be a little nasty, a little aggressive on the floor. That's part of being a basketball player.

A man is not scared of playing, of having any contact, and you won't shut him down if you kick him - he will just ask for the ball all the time.

I have a street mind. My whole mindset when I first got to the NBA was, 'I'm bringing that street to the game,' and, 'I'm going to be the hardest guy on the court; I'm going to be the hardest guy on the planet.'

Sometimes you'll have 30, 40 touches in the game, and you'll feel better than if you had 22. It depends on where you get hit and how you get hit.

I think you have to be physical no matter who you're playing against, so that's just something that I have to do.

We have to be more courageous and braver and sometimes take a knock. You can't just be a pretty boy, you have to get your body or something on it. When it is a one-on-one situation you have to carry out that duty.

I like to bump people, to feel me getting into somebody's jersey. I'm just different. I like contact, like physical play, like pushing and holding. But I'm not dirty.

If you get into an armbar and someone locks it down on you, it's easy for you to tap out, but sometimes dealing with certain things, fighting through certain adversities, and being that I've been in some of the toughest situations in life, it just gives me an edge on my opponent that I'm going to torture him and beat him up.

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

In football, there is always friction, collisions, contact. But I am used to that.

It always gets you going when you get hit for the first time. It reminds you that you play football.

It's a contact sport. At some point, I'll get hit and that's part of it. I'm not worried about it.

In football you can make it if you've got the 'I'm-going-to-get-up-off-the-ground-and-kick-your-ass' attitude.

I don't mind getting punched in the face. It kind of wakes me up and gets me excited.

It's a violent sport. It's meant to be that way.