Football Quotes · Page 1,455

I like to work on the pitch, and only in this way can you beat important teams. If you don't believe in…

— Roberto Mancini

This is what real teams do in tough times, is stick together. It's easy to stay together when it's all good, you…

— Luka Doncic

Put me there on the pitch if you want to see how much it means to me or how hungry I am…

— Diego Costa

I used to watch Manchester United a lot when David Beckham was there, but not any more now he's gone.

— Sourav Ganguly

It's why we play the game. Anything is possible, anything can happen, and we proved that again tonight.

— Casey Korkus

Put it this way, I'm a romantic, emotional guy that lives and breathes football and believes in fairytale stories; 'Rocky,' things like…

— Lukasz Fabianski

In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they…

— Danny McBride

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job,…

— Mike Singletary

I don't play fantasy baseball anymore now because it's too much work, and I feel like I have to hold myself up…

— Nate Silver

When guys are getting double teamed, there are going to be guys getting freed up and they have to make plays when…

— Matthew Slater

It was so nice to see that the Chelsea supporters appreciated my talent and my work at Atletico.

— Thibaut Courtois

I don't have to be world coach of the year at some point, but I would like to be named one of…

— Julian Nagelsmann

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to…

— Tiffeny Milbrett

I want to win and always have done since I was small. I don't know if it's in my blood or just…

— Diego Costa

Going to Stade Francais will not just make me a better player but make me a better player for England.

— James Haskell

“We are more sensitive to losses than to gains; the pleasure of winning is less than the pain of losing.”

— John A. Daly

With back-to-backs, a lot of games, sometimes you think, 'I've got to take a day off today.' But you have to push…

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

Football is not only passing, kicking, running behind the rival, defending... it has to have dribbling, magic, which unfortunately you see less…

— Joao Felix

When you are in a big team, the goalkeeper has to perform, to improve, to progress, but the proof is done by…

— Edouard Mendy

You have to prove yourself year in and year out, and if you can't get the job done, every team is going…

— Alex Smith

I didn't think of football growing up. This wasn't my career, something I chose. It was something I was picked in.

— Jason Pierre-Paul

I don't like talking about not getting what you deserve, because that has no part to play in football. You get what…

— Roy Hodgson

Whatever it takes to get on the field and get that starting spot to get the carries. I've always worked hard.

— Peyton Hillis

Anywhere you go, any team you play for, there's going to be some hard times and some people unhappy with you.

— Johnny Gaudreau

I think sometimes drive and ambition of individuals should not be confused as arrogance, and sometimes Cristiano gets that tag on him.

— Andre Villas-Boas

A lot has evolved and changed in women's sport in the last 10 years - particularly football and cricket. So, I think…

— Ellyse Perry

The history and tradition of the Rose Bowl, if that doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will.

— Marcus Mariota

In this sport, in this life, I think heart takes you a lot further than skill and technique... Just digging down deep…

— Clay Guida

At Brazil, we play as a collective, something that also happens in Barcelona, but not at Real Madrid.

— Dani Alves

To be successful in football, you have to do things that put the team first. Everyone has to play their role, and…

— Robert Kraft

There is some right old rubbish talked about Gareth Bale's time with me at Tottenham. Was I ever going to sell Bale?…

— Harry Redknapp

Obviously, when I signed for Middlesbrough, I was hoping that we would stay up and that I'd be a big player for…

— Patrick Bamford

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work…

— LeBron James

The consumer game is tougher than pro football and more conniving than chess. One side [industry] invents the rules and the other…

— Betty Furness

All teams starting the season should aim to be as high as possible and Valencia are no exception.

— Mario Kempes

I was fortunate enough to be with Milan for 25 splendid years. When I arrived, I found a great foundation to build…

— Paolo Maldini

I am actually comfortable in every position in midfield. At Bayern Munich, I even played as a winger and sometimes a full-back,…

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

Marc Gasol, he's more of a true center. There are guys who play that traditional center role, but the game is also…

— David Robinson

“But that’s life right? It’s just a shitty hand of cards. But then maybe somebody pulls out an Ace, and somebody else…

— Mackenzie Herbert

I think about Aaron Rodgers, he's like Chris Evans before he got the HGH injection in Captain America. But before he was…

— Michael Bennet