Football Quotes · Page 1,210

“You need to see that you can compete with the best and win. You've got the right stuff, Joan Sanderson!”

— Virginia Smith

I'm glad Phil Jackson got the rings for Chicago. You traded me away from New York, cool. It's all business; it's all…

— Iman Shumpert

The most important thing is that you find a way to bring your thoughts into the hearts of the players. The tactical…

— Daniel Farke

Being able to play sports in a school or public environment was everything for me - basketball, soccer, track.

— Harrison Barnes

Whether running zone or power, the goal of the offensive line is to move people and create avenues for the ball carrier.

— Trent Williams

The way a top team develops means that once you have won the league title, the natural step is to try to…

— Paul Scholes

I'm really into basketball, baseball, football and working out - but you'll never catch me in a public sauna.

— Joey Lawrence

“​Dharma or Ethics and Morals are the Fundamental Set of Rules created for those who want to Play the Game, by those…

— Vineet Raj Kapoor

So the difference between goalkeepers and outfielders is the little, tiny, minute details which are the difference and when they go against…

— Kasper Schmeichel

I love Koscielny, I’ve seen him a lot. He has good leg speed, which reminds me of Lilian [Thuram]. The last time…

— Marcel Desailly

When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating…

— John Edgar Wideman

many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other…

— Judith Martin

A player checking Twitter at halftime? I've seen it. A player tweeting out a grievance with an organization about playing time or…

— Jason Witten

At the end of the day, I have a lot of ideas. I cannot give them to clubs I play for because…

— Demba Ba

Right now I'm living my boyhood dream, which was to play for a European club. The fact that it's a huge club…

— Neymar

The linebacker has to make multiple, multiple decisions on every play. Not only what his assignment is and what the play is,…

— Bill Belichick

I want to teach the young people the way I see football. The way I eat, the way I am in training.

— Dimitar Berbatov

We say it every year: we are confident; we think we can win a championship, yadda, yadda, yadda. You have all heard…

— Jimmy Butler

I just need to build myself up and get myself in the right place and if I do that I'm going to…

— Rob Cross

I'd love to work in Argentina but there aren't any possibilities to manage there. The managers always remain the same. They just…

— Mario Kempes

You've got to work your way into the NBA. Guys like Seth Curry, it took him a couple years in the G-League.

— Jim Boeheim

My coaching philosophy? Determine your players talents and give them every weapon to get the most from those talents.

— Don Shula

Let the doubters talk as much as they want. I know my game, and I know I'm helping my team win games.…

— Andy Dalton

From the age of three or four I would be playing football at home in the garden with my dad, and my…

— Bukayo Saka

Football is football but life is life. I am so happy at being a father and reaching the Champions League final.

— Erik Lamela

Of course I want to play my way into the starting line-up, that's what every player wants to do.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

Time is pressing. No one gets any time these days, and the minute you step into a football club, it doesn't matter,…

— Martin O'Neill

My faith, my family and this football is more than I could ever imagine as an 8-year-old little boy.

— Philip Rivers

I've played as a lone striker and enjoyed it, especially if you have good supporting players around you. But a full season…

— Diego Forlan

This Celtic football club is much more than a football club to a lot of people its a way of life-

— Robert Kelly

Just been watching some of the best receivers in the league and trying to learn from them and pick up some new…

— Justin Jefferson

Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.

— Rick Majerus

We're professionals. We're NFL players. We get paid to do a job, to go out there and execute the plan.

— DeSean Jackson

I feel like I can defend three different positions: point guards, shooting guards, and small forwards who don't want to play too…

— Iman Shumpert

To work with the kids and help them come through from the Academy to the first team would be brilliant.

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

Scoring goals is nothing new for me. Every time I go out onto that pitch, I just go out there to score…

— Tammy Abraham

I got chronic stuff that everybody has when they're done playing football for any length of time. So the good thing is…

— Calvin Johnson

I have shot a basketball my whole life and it is both physical and it is mental as well. Overall I think…

— Eric Bledsoe

You have to choose the right club with the right people. That can have an impact when things aren't going the right…

— Patrick Vieira

Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.

— John Wooden