I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional. — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
If I have a keeper who can play like a central midfielder, then I have 11 players rather than 10. Ive got… — Jimmy Bullard Copy Share Image
After you have won a game, you can maybe smile for a minute and then you have to think: 'How can I… — Per Mertesacker Copy Share Image
The media were quite critical of me when I was up there. That's the nature of the industry when you're Joey Barton… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
To me, any time you're playing a Peyton Manning-led football team, there's a challenge - but that's what you dream about growing… — Philip Rivers Copy Share Image
I'm strong, but my arms are skinny; they're never going to get big and bulky like a football player. — John Wall Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I have felt troubled here at United. I am not troubled. I am lucky. I have loved my time… — Dimitar Berbatov Copy Share Image
For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add… — Bastian Schweinsteiger Copy Share Image
My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching… — Arthur Blank Copy Share Image
In England, everyone is really physically strong. They can play three games, and then they are ready to play the fourth. If… — Ivan Rakitic Copy Share Image
I think the number one currency in the NFL is what you do on the football field. If you want to get… — Jason Taylor Copy Share Image
The value of small pocket pairs comes from the possibility of flopping three of kind and winning a sizable pot. To that… — Daniel Negreanu Copy Share Image
I never think I want to go to another World Cup just to be in the record books again and play in… — Ashley Cole Copy Share Image
In sport, the money goes to the talent; it goes directly to the worker - unlike a bank, which sits in the… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
Winning domestic tournaments like leagues, cups, and super cups adds to your standing in your country, but once you take a step… — Iker Casillas Copy Share Image
Carlos Valderrama was the one I admired most, really. At the time, he was a top player, and I had a lot… — James Rodriguez Copy Share Image
That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession. — Trae Young Copy Share Image
I've played both right-back and right wing, I can't really say if I am more comfortable in one or the other but… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
Your touch and your feel for the game is pretty much gone if you don't work on it - at least get… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
Football is the best team sport in the world, and it is good to hear that more and more kids are playing… — Thomas Muller Copy Share Image
I feel like that's one of the biggest steps in my development, continuing to get to the free throw line and making… — De'Aaron Fox Copy Share Image
Football has always been my great love. I slept with a ball - really! Even when I started going out with Bouchra… — Robin Van Persie Copy Share Image
“a passer of the ball positioned in front of the defence who could provide the platform from which every Barcelona attack would… — Guillem Balague Copy Share Image
Ally McCoist, Kenny McDowall, Ian Durrant, Jim Stewart - all fantastic people. It is still a brilliant club for me, although technically… — Terry Butcher Copy Share Image
When you rebound, you've got to get some edge. You get some elbows early in the game, it kind of gets your… — Harrison Barnes Copy Share Image
I love this game. When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard… — Serge Ibaka Copy Share Image
You don't win by being good. You win with hard work and sacrifice. Without that, skill is just potential. — Bobby Orr Copy Share Image
I want everything. So my next goal - and this is the first time saying this - is to gain enough money… — Xavier Woods Copy Share Image
That's not a word that I would put with the two: football and happy. It's a hard, rough, tough sport. Not a… — Jim Harbaugh Copy Share Image
What football means to an Italian coach is tactics, trying to control the game by following the ideas and systems of the… — Claudio Ranieri Copy Share Image
Obviously when a new manager comes in, he's got to instill his own ideas within the team and with his set-up for… — Danny Welbeck Copy Share Image
The amount of TV exposure we have had and the attention women's football has got has been brilliant. — Steph Houghton Copy Share Image
Niko Kovac had to understand the system inside Bayern, to realise that this is a very different club to Eintracht Frankfurt, where… — Lothar Matthaus Copy Share Image
A year and a half ago, there were people who questioned whether Vince Young could be a major college quarterback. — Mack Brown Copy Share Image
Mauricio Pellegrino has the pace of a tricycle with a flat tyre ridden by Luciano Pavarotti, and the turning speed of an… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
Since I've been a part of this league, I can't recall when they've actually made rules that have actually helped to improve… — B. J. Armstrong Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the root cause of all Arsenal's problems is that Arsene Wenger is just too nice. He's too nice, too… — Jermaine Jenas Copy Share Image
You want to have individual success like anybody else, but as long as we win, it doesn't matter. — Nolan Arenado Copy Share Image
At times, I didn't play, but I was still the best - that's how I saw it. If I get 15, 20… — Nwankwo Kanu Copy Share Image
I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask… — Tom Heinsohn Copy Share Image
