Football Quotes

My vision is my best attribute. I can see everything.

Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football.

It's winner takes all, but a draw will do.

If you understand what the other team is trying to do to stop you, it makes your job easier.

You come here to Anfield, you stand there and listen to that crowd, and it's the greatest sight in football.

Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

Not to win is guttering.

England did nothing in that World Cup, so why were they bringing books out? 'We got beat in the quarter-finals. I played like s**t. Here's my book.'

What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

Then you get into it, especially if you start talking about football, fighting and Muhammad Ali. Then the ladies get very bored and start delivering ultimatums.

When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.

I felt that we couldn't win the game. It was absolutely shocking.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

Steve McManaman once described Zinedine Zidane as ridiculous. You can't get a higher compliment than that.

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

If you're going to win the Premier League, you're going to have to finish ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City.

God has given him an attitude that he can deal with anything football throws at him. (on Michael Owen)

It gets like this in Liverpool when you're on the ferry and the sun reflects off the Mersey.

I'm going to miss his childlike laugh. I'll forget the goals but I'll never forget that laugh.

For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is.

I still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It's not a job, it's a passion. When you become good at it, it's a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.

I didn't say them things that I said.

The only bowl Rutgers is going to is the one I just got off of.

Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war.

Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.

Football fanaticism and high intellect seldom go together.

My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'

There's a hell of a lot of politics in football.

I know Rob Gronkowski great at football.

I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.

The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

I always took my workouts serious because I have a football background. I came from football, so when I got to baseball, I continued my football workouts in the offseason.

I'm just a normal young lad who plays football.

I don't think there's a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don't think anybody cares what you did the year before.

He must be lightning slow.

He shouldn't have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for England. I would not have resigned under those circumstances.

You have to sometimes shoot from the second row, that's all football. So you have to be a bit more flexible.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Women who talk about football tactics, it's beautiful. I find that fantastic. And you know what a 4-3-3 is, right?

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quite football.

I also played two years of high school football but I wasn't very, how shall I say it, talented.

As I learn more and more about the six-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it's obvious to me that NFL owners understood that they were going to get a new deal done at all costs.

Everything happens for a reason, except possibly football. (in Thief of Time)

Football is not a job, but my best therapy

LeSean McCoy has become the most exciting player in the National Football League. I believe he’s the MVP this year.

John Bond has brought in a young left-sided midfield player, who I guess will play on the left side of midfield.

Why is it good for football to take the excitement away from fans by overcharging them for tickets to see their team?

If you're a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.