Football Quotes · Page 1,147

It is a certain type of guy who's OK with having a girlfriend who is better at football than him. It is…

— Eniola Aluko

The one record I was happy to get rid of was the one for the most interceptions, when Brett Favre got that…

— George Blanda

When you change teams, cities or countries it's obvious there's a period of adaption, but some players can adapt quicker than others.

— Paulinho

We don't talk about next year. We talk about today, and we talk about the next game. And that's all we can…

— Bill Belichick

Every striker has their way of playing and their strengths and a different team behind them. That is very important.

— Diego Costa

I don't know what life is like, I don't know how regular people live. I just can never understand it. My first…

— Tracy McGrady

The next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last year as…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I'm a playmaker, and I'm going to score. At the end of the day, my job is to put the ball in…

— Dwyane Wade

We would win a game 2-0 and we would get back in the dressing room, where you would have people in there…

— Owen Hargreaves

For me, I enjoy developing young players and I enjoy the challenge of polishing a rough talent so that it can become…

— Jesse Marsch

It doesn't matter, wherever the team needs me to go. Probably at the next level, that will be the point. Unless I…

— Russell Westbrook

I like coming home because nobody knows who I am. In Cookville, I'm Rich. I'm not a big deal. People like Peyton…

— Rich Froning Jr

What I made clear to our front office is we're going to be judged by wins and losses. It isn't about having…

— Jeanie Buss

When I signed that USL contract, my perspective changed on me being a professional footballer. That was my goal ever since I…

— Alphonso Davies

When you have a script, and you're discussing what it can be, and who going to play what role, that's a kind…

— Cary Fukunaga

The scary thing is that players have a one-upsmanship about money; they sign a contract and they like it until someone signs…

— Joe Greene

Once I started taking drama classes, I asked myself why I had ever wasted so much time on a football team.

— Paul Newman

I just try to stay focused, to stay calm. I enjoy every moment on the court and also off the court.

— Jannik Sinner

If you play for a team like Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, or PSG, the aim is always to win the…

— Thibaut Courtois

“Every problem comes with two things – a suffering and a message. The only difference between a winner and loser is which…

— Alka Dimri Saklani, Beyond Secrets

I learned so much stuff at Hoffenheim and made a lot of friends. I also made good connections with the managers. They…

— Reiss Nelson

I am passionate about grass-roots football providing a pathway to careers in the professional game, and I have seen a big step…

— Robbie Savage

The game [football] has moved on a lot but still, ask most players and they will tell you that pre-season isn't their…

— Colin Kazim-Richards

I've always looked for my affirmation through my peers, the people I race against, and within my team.

— Jimmie Johnson

Gasperini works really well, if Inter picked him up, it is naturally because they had good reasons.

— Gennaro Gattuso

The reality is that luck does play a part of it. It does. Ultimately it's a make or miss league.

— Erik Spoelstra

“Football divisions were a stupid and irrelevant nonsense, acting against the interest of working-class unity, ensuring that the bourgeoisie's hegemony went unchallenged.”

— Irvine Welsh

My parents gave everything. They sacrificed, they went to work. Sometimes they worked 24 hours, so they called friends to help us.…

— Willian

The Dallas Maveriks have become one of the top teams in the NBA in recent years. They are sure to contend for…

— Anonymous

I think it's nice to have a variety of lineups and formations to use against different opponents, depending on what they bring.

— Ali Krieger

All my teammates throughout my entire career in football had my back. I loved them; they loved me.

— Josh Rosen

Athletes have their career for 15 years and you have to make the most of it because once it's over, it's over.

— George Russell

Almost every football player played on the streets. And also, a lot of people not ending up as football players play on…

— Edgar Davids

The situation with Anders Frisk is clear: he was threatened by the supporters of Chelsea, and he retired because he was in…

— Frank Rijkaard

“Players are asked to collect Bomb and Shrapnel splinters to save these causing damage to the Mowing Machines.”

— Shaun Usher

We may not always be the winners, but we can always celebrate as winners or with winners of the moment.

— Terry Mark

I think the best players in the world make the players around them better. And I'm always trying to do that.

— Connor McDavid

I used to watch English football on TV when I was younger in Brazil. I already knew it was a dynamic, competitive…

— Oscar

There have been a lot of French midfielders at Chelsea, but they did it their way and I do it my way…

— N'Golo Kante

I know it's very tough in England. I've been reading the interviews of Klopp and Guardiola about the intense fixture schedule and…

— Julian Nagelsmann