Football Quotes · Page 1,372

I just love that in college football, we get these big nonconference matches early. It's exciting for everybody. It's exciting for the…

— Jesse Palmer

There are so many different factors - luck, being in good shape when it matters, the draw. For these reasons, it's hard…

— Andrea Pirlo

Changing the dialogue and behaviors around race and equality in sports starts with removing barriers and creating opportunities.

— Katrina Adams

The great players always have that one older player, that one vet they competed against who was older.

— Jabari Parker

I felt I had a good chance of playing for England for exactly 67 days - the length of time Sam Allardyce…

— Troy Deeney

Yes, I think when I decided to leave Leipzig I talked to different clubs and next to Chelsea I spoke to other…

— Timo Werner

I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.

— Steve Nash

The phrases and language used everyday in an organization can in fact affect the way your team makes decisions and conducts themselves.

— Kevin Allen

When I'm out and about or walking my dogs, United fans are coming up to me saying, 'We'd rather City win the…

— Kyle Walker

I always said that Messi has some talent that no one has. I mean, he has the ball and his speed controlling…

— Gerard Pique

I believe the Champions League has all that magic because it gathers all the best European teams, and that gives you the…

— Neymar

The most important thing for me was talking to players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Javier Mascherano - they would tell me…

— Adama Traore

If you make the All-Star team and you get the label next your name, for whatever reason, people will think, 'Oh, yeah,…

— Mike Conley Jr

I think football's the most competitive sport. The whole business is very cutthroat. And it can lead you to ultra competitiveness. And…

— Carl Nassib

I have had so many things that I could say that I never thought at the time it was right so now…

— Wayne Bridge

I like to follow the training session with my voice. To call at them and explain my reasons and my ideas of…

— Antonio Conte

As a group of players, and as a set-up, you need to set your stall out as to what is acceptable and…

— Andrew Strauss

Of course everyone has opinions on how you can fit into this team or that, but what can I do? I cannot…

— Erling Haaland

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available…

— Bill Shankly

I watch a lot of football and you hardly ever see Premier League players go down with cramp. The fitness, the intensity…

— Mark Noble

Being in a team with a good atmosphere and where the people hang out, you can always outdo yourself there.

— Eddy Merckx

Always, you have these objectives when you are young. You think you can be the best, and that's what I have to…

— Gerard Deulofeu

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win…

— Robert Collier

There was always football in my family: my dad, big and little brothers, even my mum used to play.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

Outside of football and training, I am somewhat of a homebody. Love hangin' out with my siblings and close friends.

— Tim Tebow

When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game…

— Tom Osborne

Things happen on the field. It has happened between me and other players, but we always left it out there.

— Gautam Gambhir

Obviously, I want to do well in the Champions Trophy, which is like a mini World Cup with all top teams participating.

— Shahid Afridi

As a kid, growing up playing football, you always dream of playing in the NFL and in the Super Bowl. But you…

— Cordarrelle Patterson

I think you have to recognise where you are as a player. I knew I had to go out to learn -…

— Conor Coady

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

— Mike Krzyzewski

“I just have an unbelievable commitment to basketball. If I couldn't play no more I think that would just be the end…

— David Wolf

Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please.

— Chris Long

While working as a team, you push yourself forward and move outside the boundaries. It's a great thing.

— Martin Margiela

I never think 'I've made it' because, in football, you can be forgotten within two weeks and I don't ever want to…

— Michail Antonio

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition…

— Kyle Kuzma

The coaches don't have to worry about me not training. The coach is usually there to make sure I'm not over trained.

— Cung Le

Sometimes you can get sloppy and control the ball right at your feet, and that gives the defenders a chance.

— Raheem Sterling

I know Robin van Persie very well and he is a great person and I have a lot of contact with him…

— Ryan Babel

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible…

— Dusty Baker