Flag Football Quotes

16 quotes from 15 authors

If you love fast‑paced competition that still feels like a team sport, flag football delivers the thrill of a full‑field game without heavy contact. These 16 voices explain why the game feels natural, how it hones agility, and why many view it as a gateway to traditional football.

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Yeah, I don't think I'm taking my shirt off to play flag football in the park with the kids.

Ed McCaffrey

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I've never played serious football - just flag football in school PE class and for fun.

Taylor Hill

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When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.

Lynn Swann

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I wish I’d played my whole career in flag football.

Archie Manning

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God that's a great game. I wish I'd played my whole career in flag football.

Archie Manning

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I did play flag football. I actually got my lip busted. My team was really good; we won first place in the…

Chad Gilbert

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My mother wouldn't let me play football because she was afraid I would get hurt, so I played flag football.

Sean Astin

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You know what we should do? We should just put flags on everybody. Let's make it the NFFL - the National Flag…

Brian Urlacher

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We don't realize how much the NFL is quietly drifting towards flag football. During the '80s, part of the defense's goal was…

Bill Simmons

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I'd have whispered in his ear, 'Why don't you quit and do something else, like start your own league in flag football?'

James Harrison

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Yeah, I never played baseball. I never played soccer. I played flag football and organized football in school through my freshman year…

Alex Caruso

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“You have supposedly been making yourself less presidential for a while now, but how? By playing flag football in Central Park without…

Bethany Turner

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As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political…

P. J. O'Rourke

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I definitely agree about the future of youth football being flag. There's just more and more evidence that the youth brain is…

Ann McKee

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I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked…

Lonzo Ball

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I think flag football is a great alternative, and it's a great game in its own right. It's a wonderful alternative. You…

Chris Borland

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