Football Quotes · Page 438

Worked my way up the proverbial food chain to become president of NFL Europe.

— Oliver Luck

If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.

— Daniel Cormier

Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.

— Sepp Blatter

I ran track and played football... I was an all-American.

— J.I.D

I don't like the rules about you can't hit the quarterback.

— Jim McMahon

Winning and losing are feelings; something in us knows if we have won or lost.

— Frederick Lenz

It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.

— Calvin Johnson

I want to be drafted to a team that knows exactly what they're getting.

— Baker Mayfield

I don't believe referees give or take way anything from you. They are humans and can make mistakes.

— Victor Valdes

Baikida Carroll, whose balance of bravada and tenderness, facility and understatement mark him as a player to be reckoned with.

— Jon Pareles

The NFL has been a family experience for us. My kids have been there for the whole thing. They've seen Super Bowls,…

— Ryan Clark

We don't always get our respect but you've got to deal with it and go out there every week and just win…

— Joe Flacco

There's no real glory in the grandstands, just a false sensation of obtaining victory. NOW is the time to get in the…

— Tsepiso Makhubedu

There are lots of big clubs, and having played for Arsenal, they are also one of them. It's a huge club, and…

— Alexis Sanchez

I was a great teammate and I love all my teammates, and then No. 2 is I'm a champion. So I don't…

— Channing Frye

All we can do is play ball. Every time we go out on the field, we do what we do in America…

— Tim Salmon

Thirteen years after Basic Instinct, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) is now in London, and is going out with a footballer played by…

— Peter Bradshaw

Some people seem to think football is like theatre and that everyone has to play the good guy. But I think that…

— Diego Costa

The things you learn from sports - setting goals, being part of a team, confidence - that's invaluable. It's not about trophies…

— Summer Sanders

I worked with Mourinho and I became his friend as well. He likes me a lot and I like him a lot…

— Willian

The reason I became a manager was to have full control over training. If you are a coach, you are bound by…

— Gordon Strachan

Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing - if it's red top, white…

— Wayne Rooney

I can speak volumes about the guy sitting next to me. You look at his stat line tonight, he had a lot…

— Stephen Curry

As for the way I saw football, I had always enjoyed watching the game and it's true: I always found it quite…

— Rodri

Basketball is a short period of time, and you've got to take advantage of it.

— Sue Bird

My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.

— Shane Filan

Kevin Keegan said if he had a blank sheet of paper, five names would be on it.

— Alvin Martin

Everybody wants to play late, everybody wants to be clutch.

— DeAndre Jordan

“It’s not so much that a person wins, but that they refuse to lose that results in success.”

— M.D Brian Quebbemann

You want to go out there and compete and go deep in ball games to help the team win.

— Patrick Corbin

I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.

— Adrian Peterson

The Premier League, the power of it sometimes overtakes the people involved in it.

— Nigel Pearson

All I can do is continue to work, to do my best and to try to learn from my team-mates.

— Matthijs de Ligt

I'm good at extending plays and finding throwing lanes.

— Devlin Hodges

Teams with limited budgets will always find times tough and results won't always go your way.

— Sam Allardyce

You win some, you lose some, and you keep it to yourself.

— Mike Caro

It's important to get some balanced scoring on the floor. For me, I've got to make shots.

— Larry Johnson

My job is to protect the integrity of the NFL and to make sure the game is as safe as possible.

— Roger Goodell

Barca is nothing but a small part of Real Madrid’s history

— Marco Reus

A smoked salmon sandwich of a football match if ever there has been one.

— Peter Drury