The kickoff is one of the single-most violent plays in football, to run at full speed for a head-on collision. — Morten Andersen Copy Share Image
I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
You can have a bunch of individually good players, but it doesn't matter. You gotta learn to play like a team. — Russ Copy Share Image
If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year. — Bobby Bowden Copy Share Image
Fading are the days in which a cohort of towering power stations ran the game (and captured all the profits). — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month. — John Stockton Copy Share Image
Basketball, and the people I have met through the game have far and away had the largest impact on my life. Almost… — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
When you work, you know you can have some problem with the players. This is normal because the manager wants the players… — Roberto Mancini Copy Share Image
I'm not all about winning rushing titles, or 'Me, Me, Me,' but I do believe that I want to be a great… — Saquon Barkley Copy Share Image
No matter how good you are, your mentality has got to be right. A lot of young players, that's where they go… — Trent Alexander-Arnold Copy Share Image
When Al Harris is healthy, he's one of the toughest guys to compete against. There are cornerbacks who are probably better physically… — Nate Burleson Copy Share Image
At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb,… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
I don't really like too much credit. I know nobody's going to believe this, but I'd rather be able to score goals… — Bradley Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there… — Lawrence Taylor Copy Share Image
College football is a game which would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Youll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
Yes, playing in the Premier League is a dream for me. I would like to play for two or three clubs, and… — Timo Werner Copy Share Image
What I like doing these days is spending more time with coaches because I think it's important to work on yourself. — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
I watched the Juventus of Ciro Ferrara and Paolo Montero, even going back to Claudio Gentile and Gaetano Scirea. — Giorgio Chiellini Copy Share Image
I definitely feel like I'm a really good playmaker, a really smart point guard that can lead his team and win. — Trey Burke Copy Share Image
A club like Madrid and its fans and the people who work for the club deserve to have trophies every year. — Jude Bellingham Copy Share Image
When you play Leeds, you need players who are quick and who are capable of beating opponents as they like to set… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Our dream is, of course, to win everything, but we all know that football is a difficult sport and that you don't… — Marco Verratti Copy Share Image
To have someone come and teach you the right way to play puts you on the right track when you're little. — Gordon Hayward Copy Share Image
I made the decision to play for Germany because this country gave me something and helped me during my youth. — Shkodran Mustafi Copy Share Image
Senzo Meyiwa was just a young kid and was already becoming one of the best goalkeepers in Africa. — Stephen Keshi Copy Share Image
When you're not the Steph Currys or the Kyrie Irvings of the league, long-term promises are irrelevant. — D'Angelo Russell Copy Share Image
The trick, of course, is to lose one day and come back to win the next. But that is possible only when… — John H. Lienhard Copy Share Image
If players from our national team are playing in the Bundesliga, it for me shows that it is at least as strong… — Joachim Low Copy Share Image
Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I'm not going to put them all in a box and say they all cheat. There are some good guys and I… — Shaunie O'Neal Copy Share Image
When it comes to successes or failures in this league you have to be able to have a short memory and move… — Matthew Slater Copy Share Image
Coaching is a very different skill. You need patience, you need a lot of organisation. I don't have any. — Wasim Akram Copy Share Image
When you bring Van Gaal in the house, you bring in quality. But you also bring in someone who thinks he knows… — Ronald Koeman Copy Share Image
I mean the game is just, everybody talks about baseball but I really think football probably has a little bit more American… — Joe Montana Copy Share Image
I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid.… — Tony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract. — Leigh Steinberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes things are said on the pitch that people won't see at home. There's a bit of banter on the pitch as… — Danny Welbeck Copy Share Image
I don't understand racism. I have many black friends and many others have been my opponents. Respect is basic. Unfortunately racism is… — Francesco Totti Copy Share Image
You're talking about defense and calling games and blocking balls, I'm going to be right there with anybody. — Yadier Molina Copy Share Image
