Football Quotes · Page 1,466

I really get excited when we win. I get really upset when we don't, and I hope that still has a place…

— Jon Gruden

You look at another team's style and how they do it, and you just want to understand how they're doing it and…

— Tom Brady

I've pretty much adjusted to how teams play. Like when I draw two defenders, I want to make the best play possible.

— Kemba Walker

Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up…

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

Sometimes I am questioned why I play better for the national squad than at Manchester City. I am the same at both…

— Robinho

Ancelotti has managed a lot of big clubs, and I think he would do well at Madrid because Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, and…

— Edgar Davids

The moment my name was called [Africa's Footballer of the Year] was truly overwhelming and I was about to scream with joy.

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Chelsea is a big club, a club that has given me the opportunity to play as a starter, to grow even more.

— Alvaro Morata

Life is a game. Happy people are the players. Unhappy people are the spectators. Which would you like to be?

— Ernie J Zelinski

It is very difficult when I have to choose a first 11 because I understand the feelings that players gave when players…

— Roberto Mancini

It's a lot of hard work to be a manager or a coach. But as players, we had to have a good…

— Martin Brodeur

I do not necessarily want to play for the best team in the world. I would prefer to win the Champions League…

— Mats Hummels

“I found by trial and error that saying you don’t like football means that you’re gay and want to be punched in…

— Christopher Shevlin

At Tottenham, it took two years for me to try to break in there. I knew my opportunity would come - it…

— Kieran Trippier

If I'm beat, sometimes a defender just got one. These are NBA players, so you can't get everything.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

Kobe [Bryant] had the biggest contract for a high school kid. He was the first one to get more than a million…

— Sonny Vaccaro

I feel like I've got a lot of football things I need to work on to have that success that I want…

— Aaron Donald

We try to play football; don't forget it, right. My teams always in my career try to play football. I cannot control…

— Pep Guardiola

I try to do everything on defense first and try to help the team get the energy going and win games.

— Dennis Schroder

LeBron James needs to go to another team with two superstars already so he can win a championship.

— Dan Gilbert

I first learnt to play football as a striker and it was only when I joined City that I learnt how to…

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

He's showed him the left leg, then the right. Where's the ball, the defender asks? It's up his sleeve.

— Clive Tyldesley

I have been fortunate enough to play in some big clubs all over the world and in some important games and win…

— Radamel Falcao

The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm…

— John Elway

I've got to be loyal to Spurs because I'm a Spurs fans, but over the years Arsenal have been ahead of us…

— Harry Winks

Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the…

— Ayushmann Khurrana

Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he's in a shampoo commercial.

— Diego Maradona

I had wanted to play for Penarol since I was a boy. When I was young, I would go to their training…

— Diego Forlan

I played international football for England, and in many games, we were technically inferior to the opposition.

— Gareth Southgate

I think some people just don't know that much about comedy. It would be like a person who didn't know anything about…

— Anthony Jeselnik

But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes…

— Al Alvarez

For me, I've learned that the best thing is to focus on the team you play for and yourself and what you…

— Sidney Crosby

I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most…

— Anonymous

You know what's sad about this? Not the gambling, but the best way to reach college athletes is the Cartoon Network.

— Jay Leno

I've always cared about my teammates, but it's about being vocal and letting them know I care about them... not just on…

— Eric Bledsoe

People say the English players don't come to Italy because they look down on Serie A, but that's just not true.

— Joe Hart

Sunderland was a turning point where I changed from a boy to a man. It was definitely the right thing for me…

— Danny Welbeck

I think Totti would've had no problem playing in another big club. He's a born hitman, and great players always find a…

— Sergio Ramos

I watched football, but I was a kid who really preferred being out on the street with my mates playing hide and…

— Jordan Pickford

At the time I was in Japan I was left to choose between Porto and Atletico Madrid but I preferred Porto because…

— Hulk