Football Quotes
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The romance of English football is fantastic, but it has lost its identity under the influence of other cultures.
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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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In this case, I realize that, unlike when I was 22 years old, I realize now that football will not go on forever, it is a small part of your life.
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You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year.
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I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved to have control of the ball. When I played baseball, I was a pitcher. I always wanted to be the guy throwing the passes and making a difference, I guess.
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I have never, ever, received any taunts or any form of anti-Semitism. And I suppose being a Jewish football player with the Atlanta Falcons was no different than being a Baptist football player with the Atlanta Falcons. But in the back of your mind, you always expect something to happen.
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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 do not play football to win the Ballon d'Or. I play football to be happy, because I love it and want to play football.
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There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.
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I have been around football all of my life.
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I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.
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It's sometimes difficult living in France. People are more open minded in England, and of course I'm missing England in terms of football and the passion that the fans show, they're really passionate.
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I think it is important for all those young out there, who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands, a distinction should be made that football is democratic, capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport.
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I love going to football matches, the skate park, and music festivals.
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Football sometimes is stressful. Music is more of a kind of laid-back type, chilled-out kind of activity. It kind of keeps me balanced, I guess.
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I'm in the public eye. I'm a celebrity and a football player.
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A lot of the lessons that are taught in football will promote success in anything you get into after football; for me, it just happens to be music. Being disciplined. Good character. Trying to do the right thing, and working hard.
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Presenting football is something that I love to do. I'm very fortunate being able to do one of the BBC's flagship shows.
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I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.
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It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet.
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Football is an elective. It's a game. It's make-believe. And to think that people have brain damage from some made-up game.
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A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off.
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The European leagues have been there a long time, the coaches have been there, the clubs have been there, there's history to the teams. There's already that football support culture.
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When I picture myself after football, it's down home, coaching high school football, just a relaxing, normal life.
