Football Quotes · Page 1,239

The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it.

— Novak Djokovic

One of my dreams is to become sufficiently famous that I can play this charity match that happens every year or two…

— Demian Bichir

In Brazil, you know that only first place counts; in other countries, you might celebrate coming second, third, or fourth, but not…

— Rivaldo

Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the…

— Wayne Graham

I drink a lot of everything; beer while watching football. I have a taste for whiskey, but Jack Daniels and ginger is…

— Jeff Gannon

“The game, whatever it was, had to be played out. If the change of rooms had been the opening gambit, so much…

— Ian Fleming

At the end of the day, all I can focus on is doing what I need to do, as a player, to…

— Marquise Goodwin

“I know that life is just a game An illusion that will fade Cheat and lie, have it your way But you…

— Samy Yusuf

So many athletes are afraid to use their platform to do the right thing and speak what they feel, and that's very…

— Martina Navratilova

“A true superstar, [Shaquille] O'Neal is one of the most widely recognized athletes in the world, especially at waffle houses and all-you-can-eat…

— D.J. Gallo

The best player I ever played with is probably Cesc Fabregas. I only got to play with him for a year before…

— Jack Wilshere

It is so difficult when you are out for a year, not just because you are not playing, but because other players…

— Juan Martin del Potro

“Argentina has one of the most successful national soccer teams in the world, and the country has won the World Cup twice,…

— Anonymous

Even though I support the blue side of Manchester's football heritage, I don't really mind that wherever I go in the world…

— Lucy Powell

If you're out there stressing on your pro day, then you're not going to perform well, so I plan on having a…

— Robert Griffin III

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe…

— Doug Collins

Since I finished in football Ive had no sport in my life, no football. Ive always been geared towards something for the…

— Jimmy Bullard

A football club's board of directors' job is to attract and get the best football players and keep them at the football…

— Graeme Souness

“Competition is healthy. Especially when all your competitors are unhealthy, and hopefully sick and absent during the competition.”

— Jarod Kintz

Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

When I was 19 years old, I quit football completely. For about a month, I stayed at home in a depression. This…

— Paulinho

In a game, just losing is almost as satisfying as just winning... In life the loser's score is always zero.

— W. H. Auden

I always say the Premier League is like two boxers fighting. The one who is least strong gets tired; he does down.

— Patrice Evra

I have learned a lot a lot in my three years at Gladbach and developed a feeling for what is best for…

— Marco Reus

At the quarterback position I would say mental is just as important as physical. Then there's that emotional component too.

— Kirk Cousins

“It's not whether you win or lose in life that's important but whether you play the game. Lose enough and eventually you…

— Joseph Sugarman

For receivers... it's a lot about timing, having chemistry with your quarterback to be successful and having a guy that you work…

— DeAndre Hopkins

You can't blame your opponents for applying a strategy that beats your brains out with regularity.

— William J. Clinton

I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball…

— Michael Jordan

As athletes, we're always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don't think about it.

— Simone Biles

I really want to be in the final to play in front of my family and friends, but it's not only that.…

— Alexandre Lacazette

I watch basketball. I got League Pass, so I watch a lot of basketball. Each and every night I watch basketball, so…

— Jae Crowder

Zidane was the most unpleasant among my colleagues. I have never liked him on the pitch and we have always clashed. Albeit…

— Fabio Cannavaro

I resemble Ibrahimovic. We're both tall, we both have long hair and we have similar styles of play.

— Javier Pastore

I go into each game with the same mindset of showing people what I can do and letting the rest take care…

— James Maddison

I don't follow the thought; "Winning is not important, playing the game is". If that is in fact true; then why do…

— Richard Marcinko

It was tough to get up for teams from the West. This will put a lot of interest back in the game.

— Martin Brodeur

A lot of freshmen will come in and say they can do what Carmelo did, but not everybody is Carmelo Anthony. He…

— Luol Deng

Whenever you can get a competitive, first-grade person to join your team, you never know what happens.

— Robert Kraft

You learn how to persevere... to have discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit.

— Ricardo Liborio