Football Quotes · Page 1,475

Having played in both competitions over recent years I believe that although standards continue to rise in Super League, the NRL is…

— Adrian Morley

Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.

— Tiffeny Milbrett

Liverpool will always be the place I look back in terms of the place where I enjoyed playing, it was just unique.

— Graeme Souness

I like to keep a distance between me and the players because the biggest responsibility I have is to make decisions.

— Angelos Postecoglou

I'm sure I could have done well in pro football. I guess I would've played quarterback or flanker or maybe defensive back.

— John Havlicek

I understand my teammates. I know which teammates you can get on during the game, and which respond better to constructive criticism.

— Tristan Thompson

I'm not a guy that's going to shoot 10 3s a game - I like to get to the basket. But some…

— Jaylen Brown

That is the job of the coach to get the best out of his squad of players - not to avoid it…

— Tony Adams

My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship…

— Brian McBride

I was at the final when Madrid beat Liverpool. That was a huge factor in my decision to join Real.

— Jude Bellingham

Wayne Rooney has always made a great impression on me, even though I have only ever seen him on television.

— Fabio Quagliarella

The reality is if they want more scoring, they're going to have to do one thing and that's make the rim bigger.

— Rick Carlisle

I think the best cover corner I've faced is Patrick Peterson. He's been great so long that people really overlook him.

— A. J. Green

I think Sassuolo are a serious club who play great football, keeping the ball, and are almost Spanish in style.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

It's easy to become a better basketball player but harder to become a better teammate or person.

— Tom Izzo

I am a huge sports fan. I grew up playing sports and I'm a huge [Arkansas] Razorbacks fan, but any sports personally.

— Kris Allen

It is really difficult, after Jose Mourinho, to work at Chelsea. It could cause a problem for any manager because Mourinho had…

— Michael Ballack

Mess up and draft somebody at my position, because you are going to sit around and watch him sit the bench. That's…

— Andrew Whitworth

I like Southgate as a manager, what he brings. He always wants the ball and adapts to the players.

— Luis Enrique

I have been manager, director, now I am head coach, and it's the same role. Absolutely the same role.

— Ravi Shastri

I was so focused and so happy with the interest from Dortmund that this became my first choice. It was never: 'It's…

— Jude Bellingham

I take a tremendous amount of punishment and abuse every weekend because every team serves at me. So I have to carry…

— Karch Kiraly

I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

— Epictetus

They'll forget all the rubbish when I've gone, and they'll remember the football. If only one person thinks I'm the best player…

— George Best

That's all you can ask for: that your general manager and all your teammates truly believe in one another.

— Auston Matthews

Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.

— Mason Cooley

Most of the power forwards in the NBA are 6'10', 6'11', making it difficult for a player at 6'7', 6'8' to the…

— Larry Johnson

I'm not keeping track, but I've got six goals and seven assists! Of course you keep track of it. If anyone says…

— Matt Doherty

I think when you have a group of guys that care about the community, the city, care about each other, it just…

— Malcolm Jenkins

When you reach the first team, the dimensions are much greater and people look at you through a magnifying glass.

— Nacho

It's a progression, you learn from your coaches. You are like a sponge. They give you things. If you take it, good.…

— Rodri

You have to become involved to make an impact. No one is impressed with the won/loss record of the referee.

— John Noble Holcomb

In the Premier League every team is super athletic, you play in the Champions League and every team can run.

— Scott McTominay

If you've got a fast and strong defender, on the left, I feel like I can give him trouble going down the…

— Raheem Sterling

We had 10 turnovers tonight. Each one gets worse as you go. It is like prior arrests: the 10th one may not…

— Don Meyer

I want to go to a club like Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, or Bayern Munich.

— Memphis Depay

Wanting to win isn't enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.

— John C. Maxwell

In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton - two sports every season - and I was named female athlete…

— Gail Kim

I'm big. I'm strong. I'm fast. I have the hips. I have the footwork. I'm always trying to perfect my craft, and…

— Jalen Ramsey