Football Quotes
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I never thought my choice to leave the NFL would lead to 'Face the Nation.' When I first thought of quitting, I cringed at the notion of becoming a football safety advocate. I was making a personal decision; I never set out to influence others.
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If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored.
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In England, football is important for everybody.
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Some people made me out like the villain. I'm supposed to be the Bond villain, but actually I'm James Bond.
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Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.
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I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.
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I got into moisturiser when I played football. If you're out in all weathers you have to take care of your face.
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Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park. Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks, lion tamers, a football players. We're in the boredom-killing business.
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Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.
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I interned at the NFL Network while I was in college, but I have not had an internship or another job other than football in a very long time.
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I just love football.
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Football has a future. I don't know what that future is. I'm a physician.
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At the end of the day, who you are as a man is more important than who you are as a football player.
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Louis Tomlinson, who is a member of One Direction, his mum was a chaperone on 'Fat Friends.' So Louis used to come to the set with his mum, and since I was the only sort of young person around, we would kick a football around, things like that.
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Once Joe Paterno learned that his former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was showering with a young boy in the Penn State football locker room, he had two choices: think of the child as his own and call police. Or not. He chose the latter.
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In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions.
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When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in.
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A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell the same way about playing John Madden Football immediately after filing my income tax: It's fun, but - somehow - vaguely pathetic.
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American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East.
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You're watching your kids playing football, and you're not present. It's like the worst... it's horrible. I despise myself for it. I think it's a particularly male thing. Being present and in the moment with your kids is something a lot of men struggle with.
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The Premier League is more physically demanding than Ligue 1. I love English football; it's the best in the world in my opinion, and I hope to stay here for many years to come.
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I spent most of my youth in Manchester, in clubs and football grounds and the Manchester Apollo.
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When I got out of coaching, I had taught a class at the University of California, an extension class on football for fans. I was looking for tools. I was showing them films. I was going to write a textbook. Trip Hawkins came to me about making it a game for computers.
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I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football.
