Football Quotes
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I always want to play and to win because football's my passion; it's my life. That's why, every time we win, I'm really happy.
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I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.
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Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.
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I think, when you reach the top level, it is less about the money itself; it is important only because the level of earning shows the importance of the player or the manager. I don't think people want to have the money just to spend it. It is a reflection of your importance in football.
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I don't see myself as Johnny Football.
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We played a whole season unbeaten but you did not see me every week jumping on the tables. Once it's over it's over and you do in the next one as well as you can. Plenty of managers who have won the Champions League will not be considered great managers.
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What the people say on TV means nothing to me, and it means nothing to anybody that's actually playing football. It's for the fans to watch and enjoy.
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It's a dream game for college football fans.
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Belgium's not a hotpot of international football.
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I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football - the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football.
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I miss high school football.
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I wanted to play football all my life, and when I got accepted to Florida State, it was academically - it wasn't for any kind of scholarship. I kind of sat down and said, 'I'm not going to make it to the NFL. I'm not the size nor the skill.'
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The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
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There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
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I do have one instruction for you, General. Do something about that damned football team.
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I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.
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My idea of a perfect holiday is spending time with the family, waking up on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving morning, watching football all day, having the family come over, people you haven't seen...
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You need players that stand for emotion in football. Football today is a game for television.
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“Dracula and LSU Football are at their best after the sun goes down.”
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Football goes fast but it can go quickly in both directions.
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Football is big business - you can't get away from it. But you have to separate that side from the playing.
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As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.
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I always said I was good football player, I'm fine as an actor, but I'm a great dad.
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College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.
