Football Quotes
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While American football is very structured and linear and static - where everyone lines up, and there's a burst, and it happens - soccer is like the cosmos. It's like constellations. It's bodies moving in space. It's a very spherical game.
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I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.
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England can end the millenium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world.
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In Spain, if you don't follow football, you're dead. You don't have conversation.
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In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.
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I don't feel like I'm getting older. I think it's the way I've looked after myself. I take my football seriously. I love scoring goals and I get a good feeling from it, so I'll do whatever it takes to be fit and feel good in games.
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My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.
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What's important is Welsh football and that it progresses.
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Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.
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I can live without football. There are more important things in life.
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I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time. We would go to games in the '80s. It was a good time to fall in love with football when your team was unstoppable.
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It is good, it is better to be voted by the players - they know everything about football.
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I played three sports in high school, baseball, football and basketball. Baseball really helped me a lot.
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Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
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One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre.
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For me, football is just a game, not a drama.
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In terms of the pricing of football tickets, there's no need - given the massive amount of money that's coming in now from television rights, there's no need for them to be greedy. Look after the supporters; make sure they can still afford to go and watch football.
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I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
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I don't sleep much. Five to six, I'd say. You could argue that people, as they get older, sleep less - probably because they're afraid of dying at some point. I know my parents don't sleep much. I know that I used to be able to sleep until noon when I was younger. I couldn't fathom staying in bed until ten now. I wouldn't know what to do unless there's a football game on.
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When I was playing football, I was getting up to 240 pounds, and they wanted me to get to 260.
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A loss (Sunday) would have meant your back was against the wall and you're pretty much fighting week to week just to survive. To wind up 5-3, this puts you in a much better position. ... It gives you the feeling that you're fighting for it rather than trying to come off the floor.
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I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years.
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I always wanted to become a good role model for kids as a professional football player. Unfortunately, I didn't attain that through football, but I was smart enough to realize that professional wrestling provided another opportunity for that.
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I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates. I grew up observing and taking it all in. It's kind of my attitude.
