Football Quotes

Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

Football at it's best is a game of beauty and intelligence.

Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm.

What it takes to win is simple, it's not easy.

There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.

Today was about our lack of ability to not produce the ability we've got.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

I was so self -conscious, every time football players went into a huddle, I thought they were talking about me.

If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.

I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

Football is not a game for the weak of heart, because every day you've got a hundred reasons to take all those pads off and say, 'F-k it.'

Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.

We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge. It reminds me of a bunch of cows.

Ozil could find the needle in a haystack with his sense of smell.

When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.

It starts with a whistle and ends with a gun.

We don't even get food for 2 times a day, still I didn't give up and continued to play football

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

Football, fraternities and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn't be in the university.

Plan your work and work your plan.

You only stop learning when you quit.

Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

When I score I don't celebrate, its my job, does a postman celebrate when he delivers post?

At every opportunity, I wanted to play football.

winning is not everything it is the only thing

Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?

You think football builds character. It does not. It reveals character.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.

The whole of my life, what they wanted was honesty. They were not concerned with cultured football, but with triers who gave one hundred percent.

I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

Football is the ballet of the masses.

I don't understand racism. I have many black friends and many others have been my opponents. Respect is basic. Unfortunately racism is a social problem, and football belongs to society.

Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.

Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator.

I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.

I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world

If it stays as it is I can't see it altering.

I hated my mom for not letting me play football as a kid. So when I have kids someday, I guarantee they'll never meet their grandmother.

Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.