--- title: "11 Football Tough Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Football Tough quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Football Tough sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/troy-aikman-4632_football_football-is-a-tough-game-it-s-a-tough-ga_530986.png" --- > [Football is a tough game. It's a tough game for tough people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-aikman/football-is-a-tough-game-it-s-a-tough-game-for-tough-people/) [Troy Aikman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-aikman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/troy-aikman-4632_football_football-is-a-tough-game-it-s-a-tough-ga_530986.png) > [Emotion is a good thing, but top level football can be tough, and you have to be in control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-alexander-arnold/emotion-is-a-good-thing-but-top-level-football-can-be-tough-and-you/) [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-alexander-arnold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/trent-alexander-arnold-8796_control_emotion-is-a-good-thing-but-top-level-fo_1651726.jpg) > [There's no doubt about it; playing football and how tough it is on the body afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrell-davis/there-s-no-doubt-about-it-playing-football-and-how-tough-it-is-on-the/) [Terrell Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrell-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/terrell-davis-36266_body_there-s-no-doubt-about-it-playing-footba_978840.png) > [I was really scared coming to Celtic because I have heard so much about U.K. football being tough; the fans expect so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-weah/i-was-really-scared-coming-to-celtic-because-i-have-heard-so-much/) [Timothy Weah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-weah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/timothy-weah-11714_being_i-was-really-scared-coming-to-celtic-bec_2956440.jpg) > [Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, they showed me what is English football. It's tough, it's difficult and they showed me how life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adama-traore/aston-villa-and-middlesbrough-they-showed-me-what-is-english-football/) [Adama Traore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adama-traore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/adama-traore-7531_difficult_aston-villa-and-middlesbrough-they-showe_3043030.jpg) > [Professional football's a tough game. It's a lot of contact. It's a lot of wear and tear on your body. You've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-urschel/professional-football-s-a-tough-game-it-s-a-lot-of-contact-it-s-a-lot/) [John Urschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-urschel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/john-urschel-78555_athlete_professional-football-s-a-tough-game-it_42059.jpg) > [If you're at an academy you don't know anything else other than having everything at your feet. Having to work hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-barnes/if-you-re-at-an-academy-you-don-t-know-anything-else-other-than/) [Ashley Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/ashley-barnes-19980_academy_if-you-re-at-an-academy-you-don-t-know-a_600430.jpg) > [Top football is tough nowadays, 60 games a year in club football, 10 international games. Seventy games means that every third or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-ten-hag/top-football-is-tough-nowadays-60-games-a-year-in-club-football-10/) [Erik ten Hag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-ten-hag/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/erik-ten-hag-6878_club_top-football-is-tough-nowadays-60-games_115262.jpg) > [It was a bit of a shock playing against Millwall. I knew the reputation of English football was tough, but my first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-eriksen/it-was-a-bit-of-a-shock-playing-against-millwall-i-knew-the/) [Christian Eriksen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-eriksen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb5/christian-eriksen-10012_crazy_it-was-a-bit-of-a-shock-playing-against_1026886.jpg) > [You're a hero one day, you're a villain another day. They say that's football. When a manager does well, they're applauded, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-tan/you-re-a-hero-one-day-you-re-a-villain-another-day-they-say-that-s/) [Vincent Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/vincent-tan-29460_another_you-re-a-hero-one-day-you-re-a-villain-a_729699.jpg) > [There's so much built-up camaraderie and sacrifice, and football is such a tough man's game. I think that's why it's so popular.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-polamalu/there-s-so-much-built-up-camaraderie-and-sacrifice-and-football-is/) [Troy Polamalu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-polamalu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/troy-polamalu-7387_attracted_there-s-so-much-built-up-camaraderie-and_1717201.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football-tough/#itemlist", "name": "Football Tough Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Football is a tough game. 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