Football Quotes · Page 1,396

When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started…

— Mario Balotelli

Those of us involved in football must be aware of the power we have to help. We also have a responsibility to…

— Carles Puyol

Football is easy, it's not success. To me success is being a world changer. Football is my platform but not my purpose.

— Brandon Marshall

I look at Rafa Benitez in his time at Liverpool, he had difficult periods and the same goes for Brendan Rodgers in…

— Alan Pardew

Team members have to be focused on the collective good of the team. Too often, they focus their attention on their department,…

— Patrick Lencioni

I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA…

— Andre Iguodala

It doesn't matter in any game of rugby how many points the opposition scores, as long as we score more!

— George MacPherson

In Scotland football hooliganism has been met by banning alcohol from grounds but in England this solution has been circumnavigated

— Wallace Mercer

“..:Play life's greatest games and face it's greatest challenges. But play it by playing your own game. Your own unique style and…

— Rafael Garcia

“There will always be times when we get beaten, said Bill Shankly. There will always be times when we lose. But the…

— David Peace

I was watching the 2014 World Cup, and I was playing with the U-17s, I think, at the time. I remember watching…

— Christian Pulisic

The women's game has grown, but when I was playing at Arsenal, I don't think people realised how good we actually were.…

— Steph Houghton

I thought I had the potential to be a better fighter than I'd ever be a football player. Besides, it was something…

— Tommy Morrison

My fellow players are sometimes occupying the spaces I want to play in. That forces me to adjust my runs, based on…

— Robin van Persie

He will be England captain one day. Jack Wilshere is a real leader. I saw how he spoke with the referee and…

— Fabio Capello

Monday Night Football started in 1970, and when it started, it was something extremely special because sports had not been aired in…

— Al Michaels

I always say you have to be accountable, transparent and responsible. I ask that from my players and I'm the same way.

— Alex Cora

A lot of motivational speakers - players, coaches, or whatever - they kind of speak in these kind of age-old mantras, or…

— Jason Kelce

As professional footballers, we are in a fortunate position compared to much of society. I think it's important we keep this in…

— Giorgio Chiellini

I'm not the same without the 10 other guys on that football field playing their tail off to move the ball down…

— Travis Kelce

When I lose a big game, I am angry and always in a bad mood, and I will talk about other stuff…

— Thomas Tuchel

I don't watch football. When I'm finished with training, I go home and watch movies, TV shows, and disconnect completely.

— Weston McKennie

I'm sure players in Europe would like to play in MLS, but you maybe have to change some little things to make…

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

I wanted to be a huge soccer player. I wanted to be the best in soccer when I grew up. But my…

— Amanda Nunes

All I have to do is keeping on focusing on what Max Holloway does, and that's winning - and winning fashionably.

— Max Holloway

I was three-quarters down the list of guys I would be facing in my first game when I realized I was looking…

— Glenn Healy

When it comes to understanding how to talk in English about football, I always watch 'Match of the Day.'

— Richarlison

I do swear a lot, but the advantage is that having played abroad, I can choose a different language from the referee's.

— Jurgen Klinsmann

My idea of football has always been about keeping a high tempo, pressing and counter-pressing, something in America they now call 'Ralfball.'

— Ralf Rangnick

When you've got guys touching the ball on the offensive end, they're really into the defensive end.

— O. J. Mayo

Russell [Wilson] plays really well in the pocket [and] outside the pocket. He’s just a play waiting to happen.

— Deion Sanders

Manchester City didn't pay all that money for me because they saw me once on YouTube. They saw me scoring good goals.…

— Edin Dzeko

I dreamed of becoming Ajax captain, but more like at the age of 24 or 25, to be honest. That it came…

— Matthijs de Ligt

Basketball is a lifelong game. You continue to learn from the game day in and day out, and all along the way,…

— Scottie Pippen

The thing I want to continue to improve on is my defense. I've shown at times that I'm capable of doing a…

— David Lee

If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in…

— Jose Mourinho

Four-men aren't used to picking up guys pushing the ball in transition. Let alone, somebody getting the rebound and just busting.

— Draymond Green

If you're speaking of a fantasy player, then it has to be Leo Messi as he's so unpredictable. He's an absolute genius.

— Fabio Capello

You would never train people to play football by telling them to watch football. You make them play football.

— Simon Rattle

Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better

— Jeff Van Gundy