Football Quotes · Page 501

I think you build a team and a roster around the depth. That's what makes a team really good.

— LeSean McCoy

I was playing first-team football at Cardiff at 16.

— Aaron Ramsey

I can say Lampard has been doing an extraordinary job with Chelsea.

— Hansi Flick

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

— Lionel Messi

It is difficult to adapt to Van Gaal. I had a couple of rows with him.

— Angel Di Maria

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

— Len Elmore

When you're a kid football is, and should be, sheer enjoyment.

— Glenn Murray

I didn't get into coaching to make money. I got into this for the coaching and teaching part.

— Dabo Swinney

I drink a lot of everything; beer while watching football. I have a taste for whiskey, but Jack Daniels and ginger is…

— Jeff Gannon

“The game, whatever it was, had to be played out. If the change of rooms had been the opening gambit, so much…

— Ian Fleming

At the end of the day, all I can focus on is doing what I need to do, as a player, to…

— Marquise Goodwin

“I know that life is just a game An illusion that will fade Cheat and lie, have it your way But you…

— Samy Yusuf

Since I finished in football Ive had no sport in my life, no football. Ive always been geared towards something for the…

— Jimmy Bullard

A football club's board of directors' job is to attract and get the best football players and keep them at the football…

— Graeme Souness

“Competition is healthy. Especially when all your competitors are unhealthy, and hopefully sick and absent during the competition.”

— Jarod Kintz

Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

I do remember once going to Salzburg in Austria. Liverpool were playing a European game there, and they put me in a…

— John Motson

It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet…

— Anonymous

This may sound arrogant, but I believe that if we'd done teamship better, we'd still be there. Where we fell down was…

— Alastair Campbell

My first trophy in France was the Young Player of the Year. I was 17. Chelsea is not just one player. It…

— Eden Hazard

It just seemed like we were scoring and they were scoring, we were scoring and they were scoring. And it can't be…

— Chris Paul

Didier Drogba has been an inspiration to all of us in the Ivory Coast national team. He is a great motivator for…

— Gervinho

You see a lot of losing teams sustain losses for a number of years, when they have bad cultures. They have cultures…

— Jason Kelce

If you go into a shopping centre, there are phones and cameras everywhere, and if you're doing the wrong thing, ultimately you're…

— Gareth Barry

I'm a big supporter of Aston Villa, have always been a supporter of the team.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

“He’s [Gerald Ford] a nice guy but he played too much football with his helmet off.”

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It's a big ambition of mine to win trophies at Chelsea.

— Kai Havertz

Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?

— Marv Levy

I like coaching a lot and I've always had this desire in me.

— Hernan Crespo

I'm going to do whatever I can to play my best ball.

— Demaryius Thomas

To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.

— Diego Maradona

Kicking's kicking. Pressure's pressure. You beat other guys just to get drafted.

— Stephen Gostkowski

When I played in goal at Stamford Bridge, I realised that's not my best position.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

PSG would have been an excellent choice. They did everything to get me.

— Frenkie de Jong

To win the league with Valencia in Spain after 31 years changed my life.

— Rafael Benitez

It's easier to get an A.A. meeting together than a touch-football game now.

— Anonymous

Unfortunately, football's hard and you're going to have bad games sometimes.

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

Even when you lose, you get better. Sometimes when you lose, you win.

— Robbie Lawler

You cant run a football game in Tiger Stadium without 1,500-1,600 people to help,

— Skip Bertman

I understand that the biggest part of having success in the league is just being consistent.

— Tyrese Haliburton