Football Quotes · Page 720

This is Real Madrid, and I understand there is great pressure for new signings to succeed here.

— Luka Modric

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

— Gary Bettman

When you play for Iceland I don't think there is often such a thing as a must-win game.

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

You take it one game at a time because it's the most important game of the season.

— Tony Gonzalez

The beauty of my sport is that you can do it from anywhere.

— Meb Keflezighi

Somebody needs to cut their profit margin and contribute to making our sport safer.

— Denny Hamlin

All my life I had played in a back-four, at Real Madrid Castilla and at Bolton.

— Marcos Alonso

Listen, winning the Super Bowl, winning the Super Bowl MVP doesn't make me as valuable as I am.

— Joe Flacco

The Cincinnati Bengals look like the most complete team in the National Football League. I can’t wait to see how they match…

— Sterling Sharpe

I am not only privileged to work for the FA and England: I have enjoyed working for the FA and England.

— Roy Hodgson

I think if you play for Chelsea you have to deal with the pressure, everybody knows the expectations.

— Michael Ballack

I was the kid in basketball camps wanting to see the new gear that comes out or the gear that the camps…

— Deandre Ayton

As kids we'd be forever shooting at dad and I started as a striker, but I eventually became a pivote, the position…

— Sergio Busquets

Messi, he's exceptional. When you watch him, you feel there's a child inside him and he is making some childhood dream come…

— Eric Cantona

You have got to earn the title. Nobody gives you the trophy. The team that wins the league will be the team…

— Darren Fletcher

I think every footballer, after 20 years playing football, the first thing that comes to your mind is to relax.

— Juan Mata

“Pep used to feel unprepared when it came to certain topics like defensive concepts or particular training methodologies. When he needed answers…

— Guillem Balague

There have been some terrific player's names being bandied around that I am being compared to and that is great. I am…

— Phil Jones

Anybody that we can get here or would be interested, I'd be willing to talk to, to try to make them come…

— Jose Calderon

Whenever I score for Manchester City, my mother calls me. As soon as the ball hits the back of the net, the…

— Gabriel Jesus

It doesn't really matter how much you've got saved up in your bank account. If someone offers you £10 million to play…

— Jermaine Jenas

Everybody has different issues, good or bad, that they carry with them on the court. It affects you. And for me, it…

— Metta World Peace

Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist,…

— Tom Sizemore

It's like art. Imagine you're an artist and someone shows up to your gallery and says, 'Your art sucks.' You're like, 'Damn,…

— Micah Parsons

When you play for Chelsea you always want to win trophies.

— Kai Havertz

My aim is to get the team to work hard and stay strong together.

— Frank Rijkaard

We can't get bored. We have to prepare like we're playing the best team in the NFL.

— Julio Jones

I was not aware of what my dad had accomplished. I grew up with him playing football.

— Michelle Carter

Everybody likes attacking football; the Premiership is the most exciting league in the world.

— Andre Villas-Boas

Teams who win World Cups usually have a real anchor, such as Sergio Ramos or Fabio Cannavaro.

— Tony Adams

Good players can do well everywhere and Soldado is a good footballer.

— Mario Kempes

Every manager feels a responsibility to his board of directors and the public and the players.

— Frank Rijkaard

I wanted so much to win the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup, the Premier League.

— Danny Rose

If Brazil depends only on Neymar there will be a problem with Brazil, not with Neymar.

— Tite

I liked playing in England, I liked playing for Arsenal.

— Gervinho

Once you find your lane, you can't cruise; When you define the game, you can't lose.

— Ka

Paolo Maldini and John Terry are two of the toughest men I have met on the field.

— Ronaldinho

I want to play Premier League football and with a great team like Bournemouth.

— Harry Wilson

I'd like to thank the fans and my teammates for four special years playing for Toronto FC.

— Sebastian Giovinco

We must communicate on the field otherwise we will pay a price.

— Paolo di Canio