"If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love"
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The “kid on Christmas day” line is doing heavy lifting. Christmas is anticipation, surprise, innocence - all the feelings professional sport routinely sells but rarely earns. Fowler’s phrasing tries to reset the clock, casting a veteran’s return as pure first-time wonder. That’s the subtext: we’re not watching a late-career transaction, we’re witnessing a homecoming that restores a lost self.
“Great to be back at my first love” is the kicker, because it’s romantic language applied to a club. It frames loyalty as something felt in the body, not negotiated in contracts. In the context of modern football’s constant churn, it’s a direct appeal to nostalgia - not naive nostalgia, but the kind supporters crave when money and management decisions make affection feel risky. Fowler positions himself as the exception: proof that the storybook ending still occasionally happens.
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| Topic | Prayer |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Fowler, Robbie. (2026, January 16). If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-you-pray-enough-for-things-i-am-proof-that-94797/
Chicago Style
Fowler, Robbie. "If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-you-pray-enough-for-things-i-am-proof-that-94797/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If you pray enough for things, I am proof that they can happen. I feel like a kid on Christmas day now, every day. It's something I have wanted for a long time and I am as happy as anyone to be here. It is great to be back at my first love." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-you-pray-enough-for-things-i-am-proof-that-94797/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.







