Football Quotes
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I grew up in Tennessee where you either play football or you don't do anything at all. So I was a bit of loner, being interested in music.
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I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?'
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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.
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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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In football, nothing lasts forever.
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Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.
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I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter.
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It's true that I'm even better than I could have imagined, both in football and in my private life!
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I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
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The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break.
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English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.
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It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me.
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No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which has some validity. But the economists always speak in conditionals - what a mess.
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Not every kid plays football, basketball. Running can be a source to vent and let things out.
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Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.
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With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.
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Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.'
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I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.
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I like Everton. If I'm going to cheer for that kind of football team, I'm going to cheer for Everton. But the Seahawks are my passion.
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In football, the worst things are excuses. Excuses mean you cannot grow or move forward.
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As football players, our bodies know exactly what time of year it is and what we need to be doing.
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Football is not a contact sport, it is said: it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.
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Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.
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When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.
