Football Quotes · Page 697

You really don't get into a groove until you play two or three games.

— Cris Collinsworth

You never want to be completely alone at what you do. Competition is good for everyone.

— Marc Benioff

Pass rushing is an art. It's so much mental that goes into it.

— Micah Parsons

I don't think I would have any problem at all playing in England. I'd love it.

— Ronaldo

“And the reason you play American Football, Hiruma-san?" "Because it's fun." (Translated)”

— Riichiro Inagaki

When you have a mix of culture, talent and discipline, wins are going to start happening.

— Channing Frye

I secretly liked acting, but I wanted to play football. It was an enormous dream.

— Jamie Sives

It is impossible to be social distancing while playing football.

— Matt Doherty

You play the game a certain way, and people think your personality off the field should be just as electrifying. That's not…

— Ken Griffey Jr

I remember that when I was little, my parents felt that I should study to become a teacher. They thought football was…

— Sadio Mane

My granddad always said he wanted to make me an England player. As soon as I went on to that pitch against…

— David Dunn

Since I was a young boy, it was about playing football, always as a striker, never another position.

— Teemu Pukki

AC Milan would never have been the same club without Paolo Maldini or Franco Baresi and they certainly would have never had…

— Philipp Lahm

“My true loves were and still are books and writing stories and daydreaming. Sports were merely a distraction keeping me from what…

— Roxane Gay

Of course you think about the goalkeeper you are facing before a game. You have to prepare yourself for the game and…

— Mohamed Salah

It feels good when it helps to get a good seat for a football game. But it never helped me make a…

— Walt Disney

I had a lot of respect for Ferguson. How could you not? He had built so many great teams throughout the years…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

Part of what depresses me so much about football is that it's so clearly about exploiting people, most of them poor boys…

— Steve Almond

This will help us next year with the World Cup. I can imagine a lot of visitors from abroad will be here…

— Otto Schily

I love Thanksgiving. I truly do. Every last thing about it is wonderful. I love getting together with family and friends. I…

— Bill Richardson

He could rush the passer, he could bull you, he could beat you speed inside and quickness. Those are long days when…

— Jason Witten

However good an English team is, they will always have an additional advantage. It is that European players know that their English…

— Johan Cruijff

Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come…

— Sue Wicks

It changed my life in an extreme way. I dont know if you could calculate just how much it does [change your…

— Kurt Warner

For me, I just go out there and play defense, hit some open shots and keep it rolling.

— Joe Ingles

We have three tremendous tight ends in Christianson, Casper, and Chester.

— Jim Otto

I have friends who play for Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United.

— Alexandre Pato

This match is about sport and I separate that completely from politics.

— Oliver Kahn

I feel very good at Atletico, and being here allows me to play in the Champions League.

— Thibaut Courtois

Everybody knows that, in football, anything can happen.

— Edinson Cavani

I know there are people who say 'just coach'... I don't hear them.

— David Fizdale

I want to win trophies, even the Champions League. You have to be ambitious.

— Declan Rice

I just have to stay focused and play football with a smile on my face.

— Declan Rice

I wasn't the greatest at school, so I studied basketball.

— Stephen Jackson

I think you can get, as a player, stuck in the mindset of trying too hard to prove yourself.

— Trinity Rodman

Tactics are just a part of football because the players are playing.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

As a leader, you want your team to play as you are.

— Gautam Gambhir

Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.

— Teddy Sheringham

Gotze is a miracle boy, a boy wonder. He can play any position up front.

— Joachim Low

I feel if football doesn't work out for me, I can always become a rock star.

— Cris Collinsworth