Football Quotes · Page 975

Basketball is like society - you're going to have good and bad.

— Dwane Casey

I'm always proud to play for Switzerland, and that will always be something really special.

— Stan Wawrinka

When you come to a new club, the first two or three days are always a bit hectic.

— Dimitar Berbatov

We can't think that we can control the game for 90 minutes.

— Gennaro Gattuso

Sometimes when you struggle as a team, everyone starts to look to the future.

— Greg Olsen

At Chelsea I knew I'd improve a lot quicker around better players, world-class players.

— Ross Barkley

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

— Knute Rockne

Maybe the ones burning my jersey were never LeBron fans anyway.

— LeBron James

When you really start figuring things out as a quarterback, you realize you don't have to be perfect every time, but you…

— Aaron Rodgers

At one point, I asked myself whether I was having fun with the national team, or whether I was just out to…

— Mario Gomez

I literally sit at the computer all day watching different film, highlights, just different ways to improve my game.

— Justin Jefferson

When you win the World Cup, you start to become a legend - for the people around the world, you are different.

— Fabio Cannavaro

It's not about making the most shots or even dunking the ball or any of that. It's about being consistent every day…

— Malcolm Brogdon

My first option is always to triumph at Real Madrid. After that, you never know what can happen.

— Marco Asensio

Nowadays, of course, flesh peddlers and scouting services identify the best athletes when they are still in junior high. Prospects are not…

— Frank Deford

I played right-side centre-back many times coming throughout the academy so the position wasn't new to me.

— Reece James

Well, Italy is huge for me. I've been going back every summer, not just to see my family, but play with the…

— Danilo Gallinari

When I signed for Valencia, it wasn't the best moment of my football career because in the beginning, I was not playing…

— Juan Mata

If a child plays sport early in childhood, and doesn't give it up, he will play sport for the rest of his…

— Ferran Adria

As a player, sometimes you expect something to happen every time the ball is in the box. Every time somebody falls down,…

— Christian Eriksen

Every time a young player comes in, he is excited and wants to prove himself, but also in football, the other players…

— Gareth Southgate

I think Barcelona and the Spanish national team have been good for soccer because there are a lot of teams that come…

— Xavi

My dad excelled at so many sports in his life. Everything from professional football to being a world-class shot putter, but nothing…

— Natalya Neidhart

Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason…

— Larry Bird

A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes.

— John Kessel

Great teams have players who understand their responsibilities.

— Bruce Brown

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

— Ruud Gullit

I think to reach a Champions League final isn't easy, whether it's in Europe or Asia.

— Fabio Cannavaro

To be able to bring a championship back to Denver means everything.

— Chris Harris, Jr

I prefer the 4-2-3-1 formation and stick to it but have my own interpretations.

— Niko Kovac

Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances.

— Peter Temple

It has to be the right fit. Coaching is about fits.

— Herm Edwards

Life is a video game. No matter how good you get, you are always zapped in the end.

— John Updike

Aaron Rodgers, starting quarterback - that just has a good ring to it.

— Aaron Rodgers

Anything is possible in football and every match is different!

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.

— Rio Ferdinand

Everything can happen in soccer. We have seen inexplicable things.

— Quique Setien

Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control.

— Metta World Peace

I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.

— Carl Zeiss

Football unites, and no one can use a football platform for political means.

— Julen Lopetegui