--- title: "8 Enjoyed Football Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Enjoyed Football quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Enjoyed Football sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/michael-essien-17464_crazy_indonesia-was-good-and-crazy-too-it-was_161098.jpg" --- > [Indonesia was good - and crazy, too! It was a great experience to play there. I enjoyed the football. It wasn't easy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-essien/indonesia-was-good-and-crazy-too-it-was-a-great-experience-to-play/) [Michael Essien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-essien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/michael-essien-17464_crazy_indonesia-was-good-and-crazy-too-it-was_161098.jpg) > [When I enjoyed football the most was when I wasn't getting paid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-leaf/when-i-enjoyed-football-the-most-was-when-i-wasn-t-getting-paid/) [Ryan Leaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-leaf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/ryan-leaf-6956_enjoyed_when-i-enjoyed-football-the-most-was-whe_305005.jpg) > [No Scot ever made a bigger impact on a club than Bill Shankly. Others may claim an equal share of trophies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jock-stein/no-scot-ever-made-a-bigger-impact-on-a-club-than-bill-shankly-others/) [Jock Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jock-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/jock-stein-26915_bigger_no-scot-ever-made-a-bigger-impact-on-a-c_833954.png) > [Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/nixon-was-a-bad-loser-he-hated-losing-worse-than-death-and-that-is/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/hunter-s-thompson-278_addict_nixon-was-a-bad-loser-he-hated-losing-wo_1068757.jpg) > [I was quite small as a lad compared to everyone else so I didn't stand a chance at Southampton. They told me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-ings/i-was-quite-small-as-a-lad-compared-to-everyone-else-so-i-didn-t/) [Danny Ings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-ings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/danny-ings-11090_chance_i-was-quite-small-as-a-lad-compared-to-e_1578810.jpg) > [When you ask any player when they enjoyed their football, it was before the politics - when they just played, never thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-heskey/when-you-ask-any-player-when-they-enjoyed-their-football-it-was/) [Emile Heskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-heskey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/emile-heskey-16665_about_when-you-ask-any-player-when-they-enjoye_1927188.jpg) > [I've always enjoyed football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-stevens/i-ve-always-enjoyed-football/) [Brad Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/brad-stevens-4524_always_i-ve-always-enjoyed-football-2206424_2206424.png) > [I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing 'All together now' - that was another one. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-enjoyed-it-when-football-crowds-in-the-early-days-would-sing-all/) [John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/john-lennon-322_america_i-enjoyed-it-when-football-crowds-in-the_2262711.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enjoyed-football/#itemlist", "name": "Enjoyed Football Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Indonesia was good - and crazy, too! It was a great experience to play there. I enjoyed the football. It wasn't easy. 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