Football Quotes · Page 776

We as athletes want to be validated by your peers.

— Jared Dudley

Tackling, and that ability to stay on your feet and pressurise a player, is a dying art.

— Peter Storey

“Life is a game where the important thing is not to win or to lose, but to keep playing.”

— Ingrid Holm-Garibay

Danny Welbeck was great for us at Manchester United.

— David Moyes

In other sports, if you miss the catch, all you drop is the ball.

— Anonymous

I was just trying to play the game, having fun. It was a hobby for me at the time.

— Muggsy Bogues

I always urge players to study composed problems and endgames.

— Pal Benko

Some players hit the heights straight away, for me it's been gradual improvement.

— Dominic Calvert-Lewin

I coach a couple players. But it's not a thing where I'm going to hide and be that perfect mentor. I just…

— Metta World Peace

I've said it many times, as a Spanish player, as a Spaniard, any time you have the chance to put your name…

— Jon Rahm

It's not like I go out on the field thinking that I'm 5-6 and I'm the smallest guy out there. I'm just…

— Jose Altuve

Basketball is a team game. When you play 100 games in a season, you definitely need everyone to help out.

— Zaza Pachulia

The most important thing for me is being part of a successful England squad and being as big a part of it…

— Jack Butland

Since the first time I touched the football, people always told me I was blessed, that I had something special.

— Tavon Austin

Sometimes, I'm in my own way. I have to let people come in and tell me things that I need to hear,…

— A'ja Wilson

I make the plays I should. Maybe I'm not making all the diving or leaping catches some guys do. But I'm there…

— Xander Bogaerts

I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends…

— Imtiaz Ali

I'm sure that any current or past player of mine would tell you that the balls we practice with are as bad…

— Bill Belichick

I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning…

— Ann Coulter

Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and…

— Amby Burfoot

I love basketball so much, I love playing it. I just never thought I could make it to college, make it to…

— Kevin Durant

As a player, when you get beaten, you can comfort yourself by saying you did reasonably well. As a manager, when you…

— Mark Hughes

Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted…

— Wayne Gretzky

They're fighting for the championship, that's not a coincidence: I believe they have developed as a team. They've become much stronger, the…

— Philipp Lahm

Other kids were watching John Elway. I was watching Tom Landry.

— Lane Kiffin

I think I've just kind of grown and developed and I have a better understanding of the game.

— Justin Herbert

When you play against older players, it's always a challenge physically and mentally.

— Ryan Sessegnon

I don't have any doubts about how to play at the Bernabeu.

— Gerardo Martino

I want to help make Common Goal part of football.

— Serge Gnabry

No matter how great a squad is, a competition like the Champions League is not easily won.

— Fernandinho

Mohamed Salah is the best footballer in the world and an overall perfect person.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

“.taste of winning is best, when nobody believes anymore..”

— Kovo

I am as passionate about the England team as anyone.

— Wayne Rooney

There are lots of aspects to work on my game, which the coaches do with me every day.

— Chris Smalling

This is why you play -- to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs,

— Derek Jeter

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I really hope I can lift many trophies with Inter.

— Mauro Icardi

The passion I had for being a goalkeeper made me follow the career of Rogerio Ceni.

— Ederson

In Porto, when we were preparing, the players guessed the team that was going to play.

— Andre Villas-Boas

Napoli wanted to send me to Rubin Kazan, and I knew nothing about it.

— Fabio Quagliarella