Football Quotes · Page 500

The goal is to put the players in the best position to do what they do well.

— Brian Flores

When you play against people that's better than you, you get better.

— Draymond Green

I envied kids who played soccer and football, but that was not my gig.

— Colson Whitehead

My team-mates always offer me lots of lines to pass, so that ends up being easier for my role.

— Ederson

I should and can play better. That is going to be the challenge for me.

— Andrew Strauss

I think I'm pretty good at pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers.

— Michael Carter-Williams

People told me I couldn't play Division I football.

— Kenny Stills

Being captain of the national team is definitely something you can feel.

— Leonardo Bonucci

Liverpool players must play like a lion, give his all. There must be determination, commitment and resolve to be a Liverpool player.

— Gerard Houllier

Coaching people, people act differently, respond differently, hear things differently from different people.

— Jim Boeheim

Yeah I play a lot of 'FIFA' and 'NHL' - I don't want to just play football, I like to mix it…

— Andreas Pereira

When you get in coaching, you realize there are only two kinds of coaches - those that are fired and those who…

— Bruce Arians

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

— Dave Barry

It's quite difficult to explain, but I really enjoyed playing against Arsenal, and I'm really pleased that we had great results against…

— Park Ji-sung

That's ultimately the thing that sticks out to you most, that's most important to me, is that I have the respect of…

— Scott Tolzien

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Being a tight end, you have to be able to do everything. You have to be able to run routes; you have…

— Zach Ertz

Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read…

— Gabe Polsky

Coming into the league, I thought road NBA road trips weren't a big deal. 'You stay in the nicest hotels! You get…

— Larry Nance, Jr

I definitely try to add a lot of stuff that he has in his game into mine but I think what makes…

— Jordan Poole

The Process is never going to end. It's an ongoing thing. I don't think it's ever going to stop. As I have…

— Joel Embiid

“Winning is an effect of trying. You have to want it badly enough to go through pain, discipline, and failure to find…

— Chelsea Fine

I think we all have our own different styles. [James] LeBron likes to be comfortable - he's going to be more comfortable…

— Chris Bosh

When I have basketball camps and I tell kids my story, they're like, 'You played in Maine? In Israel? You did this…

— Avery Bradley

If you want to win, you have to sacrifice and do what makes the team work most efficiently.

— Chris Bosh

I know I can catch the football. That's the least of my worries.

— Kevin Johnson

I don't want to be a backup. I want to be a starter.

— Davis Webb

I'm used to putting so many things aside to be able to compete.

— Garbine Muguruza

Juve think always of the future. There are already new reinforcements.

— Mario Mandzukic

I just loved the kind of people who play football. Definitely takes courage to play this game.

— Rex Ryan

I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live.

— Chris Paul

My childhood in Adelaide was filled with sport. I played soccer from morning until night.

— Jimmy Barnes

That's what the CTC means, whoever cuts that check, that's who I have to play for.

— Rasheed Wallace

Some of my closest friends in life are guys that I was able to play high school football with.

— Sean McVay

Xavi is a super player, but along with that, he likes being with his family.

— Marco van Basten

The Bundesliga is the league that made me, and it changed my life.

— Jay-Jay Okocha

I've always appreciated English football and the Premier League, I've always liked it.

— Pavel Nedved

Sometimes when you are a professional footballer, you have to deal with tough decisions.

— Adam Lallana

To go to Milan and play against the European champions at the San Siro is phenomenal.

— Jermaine Jenas

I don't think there is a better player you can learn from than David Silva.

— Owen Hargreaves