Football Quotes
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I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.
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Football is losing its heart and sense of humour.
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To recognize that head injuries were as essential a part of football as they are of boxing would be to erase the fine distinction on which the game's respectability rested.
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I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.
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The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.
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Nobody wants to retire from football.
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When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.
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I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists.
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Thursday night football should be illegal.
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I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.
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In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics.
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I didn't know it was such a guy's job. It's like playing football in high heels and lipstick; no wonder it smears.
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I envied kids who played soccer and football, but that was not my gig.
Colson Whitehead -
Football, at the end of the day, is a little kids' game that grown men get to play. I'm just privileged to get to do that every day.
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Honestly, like, American football is not that big over in the U.K., so we hadn't really heard of Drew Brees before. I did know that he was, like, a massive football player. He's a massive star, so I was still a little bit anxious and nervous to meet him.
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I watch a lot of football.
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I played pretty darn competitive-level hockey. Then the good old knee injury. Obviously, it's a blessing in disguise, but growing up Canadian, that's our religion, that's our football.
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I've always thought about my legacy - more so, though, my impact off the field and how I'm helping my community and solidifying and strengthening the lives of others around me. And also, I just want to be a dominant football player, too. So it encompasses everything.
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I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club.
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A squirrel attacked me. I got attacked by a squirrel in Battersea Park. They're dangerous. It's rare. I've torn most of the ligaments in my knee. So no football for me. It's early retirement now. I've got a floating knee-cap!
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That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.
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If you can play football, you can play football. Measurables at the combine don't change that.
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The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player.
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I think flag football is a great alternative, and it's a great game in its own right. It's a wonderful alternative. You can develop all of the skills and athleticism and glean the lessons you can from contact football through playing flag.
