Football Quotes · Page 772

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm a country boy who hasn't really been exposed to city living, and it throws me.

— Randy Moss

It is difficult to click your fingers and say, 'Right, go and play that formation now.'

— Gary Cahill

For me to be at my best, I need to do something I'm decent at, which is coach.

— Rex Ryan

Memory is what you did. Life is what you're doing.

— Deacon Jones

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

— Jim Courier

I just know when I get in the game, I've got to be instant impact off the bench.

— Dion Waiters

The football fans loved the way I played the game.

— Ed Reed

I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the…

— Mike McCarthy

There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always…

— Bobby Knight

When I'm healthy and competing, I'm just a different type of player. That's the type of player everyone fell in love with.

— Zion Williamson

Footballs, basketballs, microphones, gas and grass... Just some of the few things that J-Ro likes to pass.

— J-Ro

Being a fan of the game, you always look up to those types of guys that really have given you an opportunity.

— Jason Witten

United always had that flag which counted the years City were without a title, making fun of our fans. After the 6-1,…

— Edin Dzeko

I've been a good 3-point shooter, but I've been a better midrange shooter my whole career, so it was definitely frustrating to…

— Khris Middleton

Fun is only real and sustainable if it feeds off the team's purpose and performance aspirations.

— John Katzenbach

“Practice, for better or worse, is going to be re-created in a game,” Knight said. His goal was to correct mistakes in…

— Jay Bilas

That's the beauty of coaching. You get to touch lives, you get to make a difference. You get to do things for…

— Morgan Wootten

There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions…

— Bobby Knight

I've heard all the coaches complaining about the new CBA rules limiting padded practice. I don't like the reduction to just 15…

— Jimmy Johnson

Coming to League Two, you go to a club and they are like: 'Who is this guy?' Then I go and smash…

— Ben White

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media…

— Jose Mourinho

If there's one thing this team doesn't lack, it's competitiveness and a desire to win. No matter if we come off a…

— Megan Rapinoe

Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare…

— Deacon Jones

I was an outcast. I was from a town of wrestlers and football players.

— Jason Momoa

I was delighted when I heard Bournemouth wanted to take me and I've started off well.

— Harry Wilson

I learned a lot about how wingers in the Premier League play against defenders.

— Bukayo Saka

In football, day in day out, you always have to show your worth.

— Luis Figo

Ive got nothing against foreign managers, they are very nice people. Apart from Arsene Wenger

— Tony Pulis

I've been portrayed as a womanising football hooligan, but I don't recognise that person.

— Gregg Wallace

It's better to play football with a smile on your face.

— Kyle Walker

Sometimes players don't like to be dropped and, when they don't like something, they react.

— Gianfranco Zola

It is not easy to bring the methods of a new manager to the Premier League.

— Marcos Alonso

One hundred per cent, to play for Spain is my dream.

— Ayoze Perez

If I'm playing really well, I try to not make it as complicated as it could be.

— Viktor Hovland

The appetite and fight for winning a game outweighs any other thoughts.

— Timothy F. Cahill

Italian footballers can take a coffee and sit for two hours talking, laughing.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

Normally, Celtic dominate in their own league but it's difficult to get good results in Europe.

— Frank de Boer

We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play.

— John Entwistle

I like knowing where my teammates are without having to look.

— Sue Bird