Football Quotes · Page 1,473

Barcelona wanted me to play for their B team. But I wanted to stay and win the Copa Libertadores and after that…

— Davinson Sanchez

I want to be one of the best linebackers, if not the best linebacker, in the National Football League.

— Leighton Vander Esch

I know a lot of players would just take the money at City. But I'd rather take a pay cut and play…

— Micah Richards

Remember, if you don't have a goal you're not playing football, you're just kicking a ball around the park.

— Geoff Thompson

As a young player, I had to compete with Harry Kane - the top scorer of the Premier League - arguably the…

— Vincent Janssen

I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.

— Dennis Quaid

I've been in the league for a while now, so I know when I can go for blocks and when I can't.…

— Jerami Grant

It is always a tough game when you play against Arsenal; they have good players, and it doesn't matter what kind of…

— Dusan Tadic

A loser is someone who makes excuses and alibis and blames everyone else for their losses and failures.

— Dick Vitale

My life is 24 hours talking about football. For me, it is every conversation, every action. It is my life, my passion.

— Mauricio Pochettino

Muller is a winner for Germany and expects to score big goals in big games, especially with his late runs from behind…

— Lothar Matthaus

It was an amazing experience for me to play at Celtic Park in a big European game. It's a privilege to be…

— Oliver Burke

Liverpool is such a big club, and I was fortunate to be one of a select few to have played for them.…

— Charlie Adam

I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to…

— Geezer Butler

From the perspective of everything I went through to have played in four NFL games, it was one of the best experiences…

— Brian Banks

To win the Champions League for a second time or even to have been in three finals and won two of them…

— Jupp Heynckes

Yes, I really like the English style of football for the dynamic play and the competitiveness there is.

— Miguel Almiron

Of course I would return to Real Madrid once I win all there is to win with Chelsea and after a long…

— Alvaro Morata

Kids are doing more in their offseason. That's what the college quarterbacks, the pro quarterbacks do. That's how you get better.

— Archie Manning

I came to Dortmund as a normal football player, and I am still a normal football player. It doesn't change.

— Erling Haaland

I was a kid who only played football barefoot on the streets of Sao Goncalo, close to poverty and crime.

— Vinicius Junior

If you start beating opponents in their backyard is when you give yourself a chance to remain No.1.

— Gautam Gambhir

It's like everything in football - and life. You need to look, you need to think, you need to move, you need…

— Johan Cruyff

Normally, the coach does not like to make changes that are not necessary - because a team has to find itself.

— Lothar Matthaus

Play this game like the 8 year old you used to be, dreaming to play in the show! Heart, passion, and fire!…

— Bryce Harper

You could play 10 good games in a row and then you have one bad game and that's what people remember.

— David Lee

I think, for everyone who wants to get to the highest level, you have to be in the Premier League, of course.

— Christian Eriksen

You've got organizations out there that are consistently at a high level. They're known to play the right way at the right…

— Andre Iguodala

Practices for me, when your team is not going really well, it can stake a lot of stink out of the air.

— Barry Trotz

Thinking about the draft, and I had to sit and wait. And then, you know, went to the Jets and things didn't…

— Geno Smith

I have a lot of self-belief, and I think it will happen. I think I will just get better and better. It's…

— Harry Kane

These Seattle Seahawks wide receivers have been called pedestrian, they've been called no-namers, but they always come up with the big play.

— Nate Burleson

Real Madrid fans have to wear sunglasses while watching their team because this star-studded team of diamonds is just astonishing.

— Ray Hudson

We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and…

— Linford Christie

We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the…

— Tom Brady

Coaching isn't a great mystery. It's Just hard work, determination, and inspiration at the right moment.

— Robert Zuppke

The Scottish people and the people of the north-east are very similar - they love their football.

— Graeme Souness

And at West Ham no one gives you a puzzled look if you get called up for your national team and players…

— Freddie Ljungberg

You know, who would have thought a guy from Canada playing at a club like Bayern Munich and winning the Champions League?…

— Alphonso Davies

I probably would have stayed at Lazio for my whole life, but unfortunately, there was a collapse.

— Alessandro Nesta