Football Quotes · Page 540

The Champions League is a big stage - it's where every player dreams of playing.

— Victor Wanyama

Once you sophisticate the in-betweens, your blacks and whites can take their solos and shine.

— Sara Genn

What we really need is for me to get hot and stay hot. When I go, this team really takes off.

— Johnny Damon

I am a very competitive person so for me, it was always about toning down my competitiveness.

— Scottie Scheffler

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

— Sue Wicks

My discipline in myself has got me where I am. I try to emphasise that to young players.

— Craig Bellamy

I have won 85 caps and have had a great career with Wales and have enjoyed every minute of it.

— Gary Speed

I've always just loved to play football, even if it was street football, like razzle-dazzle.

— Randy Moss

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's…

— Tim Howard

Sorry you're upset that three brutal murders by one of your players may impact your team's playoff chances.

— Anonymous

The FA Cup has a special place in our family's hearts because my dad won it three times with Manchester United.

— Kasper Schmeichel

With Tottenham's Mousa Dembele, there is a long list of reasons why he is an opponent I would hate to face.

— Jermaine Jenas

You look at the way some of the big English players in the past, like Rooney and David Beckham, have been criticised…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

Management isn't just about tactics and what happens on the training ground or in a game. Of course you need those skills.…

— Scott Parker

Being able to play at club level at a high level and then getting called into the national team, it's amazing.

— Christian Pulisic

In the Premier League every team is very good. That's why it's very difficult to reach that level.

— Oscar

Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly…

— Michael Owen

Think about the most successful coaches in sports. What did they all have in common? It wasn't their knowledge of X's and…

— Jemele Hill

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only…

— Jay Leno

With Marco Silva, the way he coaches players, he has that knowledge: he wants the best out of you, basically. He wants…

— Theo Walcott

Truth to be told, yes, it does feel very strange to be in the Spain setup without Xavi. Ever since I broke…

— Sergio Busquets

Three coaches at Notre Dame made a big difference in my life, not that I played any football when I attended Notre…

— Regis Philbin

The league is interesting because it's evident everyone can beat everyone. And sometimes things happen you just don't understand. This might be…

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

I would move back to Italy, but only to Napoli. I speak with respect for all of the clubs I played for,…

— Edinson Cavani

When you are in a club like Manchester United, you have a lot of pressure around you.

— Juan Mata

Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing.

— Neville Marriner

We just play, man. We go out there and we fight no matter the situation.

— Kyle Lowry

Whether I'm starting or coming off the bench, I just want to be able to help and compete.

— Tyler Herro

I got some skills I can build on; I can be an all-around player.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

A player becomes great only when he realises he has great team-mates.

— Dimitar Berbatov

Robert Lewandowski has had some criticism, but he knows how to find the net.

— Lothar Matthaus

I'm one of those players who loves to dribble the ball, to run at people.

— Douglas Costa

People shouldn't underplay what the breaking up of a team does in every department.

— Nasser Hussain

Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.

— Vince Lombardi

You're defined by how you play the game, not by the game itself.

— Chuck Pagano

Dracula and LSU Football are at their best after the sun goes down.

— Beano Cook

Some players have got their price, but, to be honest, that's not the way I look at the game.

— Jack Wilshere

To go out at Wembley and score is what you dream about as a kid.

— Harry Kane

All it took was one conversation to know that Reebok was the right home for our team.

— Kerby Jean-Raymond

Every rookie, every player, is going to go through their struggles throughout the season.

— Kevin Knox