Football Quotes · Page 1,261

I owe a lot to my loans at Heerenveen, where I grew as a person, and Vitesse, where I grew as a…

— Martin Odegaard

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs…

— Oscar Robertson

If you think you are going to win, you'll lose. Moreover, if you think you are going to lose, you'll lose.

— Toshihiko Seko

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

— Paul Tsongas

My involvement with the USFL began in the broadcast booth before I ever coached a game in the league.

— Lee Corso

I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to…

— Eddie Sutton

Obviously I've been traded around, but at the same time I know my game, I know what I bring to the table…

— Tobias Harris

You win by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality, by expressing yourself individually but in the team context.

— Jose Mourinho

Folks who blithely disregard the benefits of football likely haven't played or are being intellectually dishonest. The game, perhaps more than any…

— Chris Borland

I've learned a lot just being around LeBron. People say things about him all the time, but he would never say anything…

— Ben Simmons

As a striker, your job is mostly to forget. When you have someone like Vidic marking you, and it's misery for 89…

— Mario Gomez

When my dad passed away, the NBA became a major priority for me. It became bigger than just loving basketball; I suddenly…

— Pascal Siakam

Every player goes through streaks where they're just not making their shots. It may last two games, it may last ten games,…

— Andre Iguodala

If you have one guy taking all of the shots, you're obviously not playing very fast, because you have to slow it…

— Lonzo Ball

I look back to the 1980s and 1990s, when Italian teams dominated Europe. They had maybe three players from abroad, but they…

— Gianfranco Zola

Deion Sanders played two sports, and Bo Jackson played two sports. I'm not athletic enough to do two sports, but I think…

— Pat McAfee

There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.

— Tony Dungy

Everyone is more focused on presenting the best that the league has to offer, rather than the worst.

— Joe Dumars

Juventus offered me the opportunity to sign in 2017 and I turned it down. I just didn't feel the timing was right.

— Eniola Aluko

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

— Jim Leyland

Passing is contagious. There's nothing better than making the pass that gives someone an easy hoop.

— Jason Kidd

I might not be producing that much with the ball in my hands, but my fakes, my jet sweeps, it's doing numbers,…

— Tavon Austin

The NBA is a predominately black league. And me kind of being the anomaly in that sense, I've always tried to commit…

— Duncan Robinson

I have lots of respect for NBA athletes and I love basketball. It's my favourite sport to watch.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

Sometimes , with the way you've been brought up, you try to just put your heart on your sleeve and play anywhere.

— Robert Snodgrass

I'm glad the NCAA is pushing back the 3-point line a foot. I'm a big supporter of the 3-point shot; it's exciting.…

— Morgan Wootten

How do I imagine my last-ever game? Maybe I'll go out like Zidane, headbutting someone on the pitch!

— Gianluigi Buffon

I played a lot of sports growing up - soccer, softball, basketball, track - and started playing on a club team when…

— Jordan Larson

The way you rate strikers is with goals and with teams, it is what they win. It's part of the game.

— Nicklas Bendtner

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

If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.

— Bobby Bowden

You can have a bunch of individually good players, but it doesn't matter. You gotta learn to play like a team.

— Russ

Fading are the days in which a cohort of towering power stations ran the game (and captured all the profits).

— Caroline Lucas

I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can…

— Ronaldinho

Maldini was a key figure in world football. I have always had great admiration for him as a player and as a…

— Javier Zanetti

The reality is he's a specialist because eight years without a piece of silverware ... that is failure.

— Jose Mourinho

The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during…

— Grant Hill

The kickoff is one of the single-most violent plays in football, to run at full speed for a head-on collision.

— Morten Andersen

When you play Leeds, you need players who are quick and who are capable of beating opponents as they like to set…

— Paul Merson

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