Football Player Quotes

Football Player Quote of the day

Whatever success I've had it is because I've tried to understand the situation of the player. I think the coach's duty is to avoid complicating matters.

If you dont live, eat, breathe, football, then youre not a true football player. You just wear the jersey.

I hope people see us not just as a football player, but also as human beings, we are not machines!

If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler.

My foot, for a football player, is very beautiful!

Right now, I am a football player and I will sacrifice whatever is necessary to be the best.

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

When Clemson players rub that rock and run down the hill, it's the most exciting 25 seconds in college football.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

I don't understand referees. It appears like some players can't even be touched, but in my case, everyone can hit me as hard as they can.

I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

What I do as an individual player is only important if it helps the team to win. That is the most important thing.

We scored a goal and defended until the end with great spirit. We have a lot of young players and I hope we can keep on like this.

Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it.

I was so self -conscious, every time football players went into a huddle, I thought they were talking about me.

I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world

The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.

I have cried twice in my life watching a football player; the first one was Maradona and the second was Ryan Giggs.

To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

The one thing I learned early on as a football player is people have their opinions, and I can't change them. But I can show them what they're missing.

If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.

When you think of me as a football player, I would like for people to think that I put it on the line every time. Good or bad, win or lose, I put it on the line.

I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players.

I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name. It's like that black football player who recently came out.

Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football.

I just hope he doesn't frighten the players 'cos they're frigtened enough right now.

I worked hard at becoming a professional football player, just like society says you should. It said you had to be fierce. I was fierce. Tough. I was tough.

The first and foremost requisite of a good football player is that he must have a burning desire to play the game. There is absolutely no substitute for this.

I was not a very good football player when I started out.

People consider me a success because I'm a good football player and make lots of money. But if my heart's not right, if I'm not living a life pleasing to God, I'm a failure.

When we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas.'

I never dreamed about being a millionaire - I dreamed about being a football player.

It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.

Some of their players are internationals; some play for their national team.

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.

He's a leader and is offering lessons in beautiful football. He has something different to any other player in the world.

There are two things that really get under Gary Neville's skin: scousers and policemen.

I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather than an indecent one.

Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.

When I'm shouting at the defence, subtitles come up in front of the goal.

I'm not the prototype wide receiver. But I like to think I'm one hell of a football player.

I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.

If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.

Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!'' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.

Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.