Best 3811 quotes in «football quotes» category

There's such a fine line between defeat and losing.

There's too much - I don't know what the word is - scientology in the game.

There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season.

There was a contact between a football player and a cheerleader, male I might add. That male cheerleader clipped me from the side as I was running full speed, or slower than full speed, but generally, in the upper quadrant of speed. And I hit the ground pretty good.

There was a spell in the second half when I took my heart off my sleeve and put it in my mouth.

There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place, and a birthday cake with seven candles on it in the center of the table. The cake had a book drawn on it, in icing. My mother, who had organized the party, told me that the lady at the bakery said that they had never put a book on a birthday cake before, and that mostly for boys it was footballs or spaceships. I was their first book.

There was nothing wrong with the performance, apart from throwing away the game.

There was no time to think, I just hit it

There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.

There weren't sidewalks to skateboard on and malls to hang out in. There wasn't anything to do. And I was too scrawny to play football, and so I decided I was just gonna sit at the piano, because it made more sense.

There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out.

There were two good fellows I used to know. --How distant it all appears! We played together in football weather, And messed together for years: Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead So long that he's hardly missed Save by us, who messed with him years ago: But we're all in the old School List.

There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

There will be many failures sprinkled among the successes you enjoy.

The rock has strange powers. When you rub it, and run down the hill, the adrenaline flows. It's the most emotional experience I've ever had.

The rules of soccer are very simple: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.

The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.

The running backs are the strengths of their football team. They have quality players who can do a number of things for their team.

The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore.

The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well.

The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break.

The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome

The scoreboard can't make you a loser. If you walk off the field with your head up, you don't lose. You don't hang your head for nobody. People in the stands think you're the greatest or the worst - their opinion doesn't make a difference. The only opinion that makes any difference is your own opinion of yourself.

These so-called big stars are people we are supposed to be looking up to. Well they are weak and soft. Priorities have changed in football and they are being dictated to by their wives.

These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.

These two clubs had a monopoly of the domestic honours last season.

The shot from Laws was precise but wide.

The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out.

The socialism I believe in isn't really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other, everyone helping each other, and everyone having a share of the rewards at the end of the day. That might be asking a lot, but it's the way I see football and the way I see life.

The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.

The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The National Football League] now needs a guardian, not a CEO.

The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in those days.

The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.

The stuff I went through at Auburn? It didn't matter anymore. I just wanted to play football.

The statistics John Wesson has compiled in The Science of Soccer show that Premiership football players are vastly more likely to have been born in the first half of the school year. These were the biggest boys in the class and were thus selected for the school team. How fair is that?

The Steelers drafted guys who were bigger, stronger and faster than me, but they never found one who could take my job away from me.

The Super Bowl is a realistic goal.

The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live.

The thing about special teams - and I think football in general - is sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you.

The tall team takes the low road into the lead

The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football.

The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.

The things that are happening to me are unbelievable. I'm actually busier right now than when I played football. This is almost like I'm coming back out of retirement. It will be fun to see myself in the game.

The tackles are coming in thick and thin now.

The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the latter men are the missiles.