- Pride
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football Quotes
Reflections from the field, the sideline, and the stands.
This set of football quotes draws on players describing what the game demanded of them, from proving doubters wrong despite their size to naming the skills that earned them a nickname. A few speak plainly about football being central to who they are, not just a pastime. For more on the people who play it, see our Football Players quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love football, and I love practicing.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's my job. I am just going in there trying to win games. But it is always fun when you are playing football.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing football.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.
- Football Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have kids. I can't hardly watch an afternoon football game with them without having to turn off the TV during the commercials. It's too much. I don't know when violence was deemed such a cinematic thing.
- Nov 07, 2020
I went out for the football team but, you know, I was too small. That's how I wound up in drama.
- Locked
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a late bloomer. I tried out for the football team, and I got locked off the field. That's how I wound up in drama.
- Fair Amount
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?'
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my wall, along with my favorite football players and baseball players, I had Marlon Brando and Sir Laurence Olivier. These were childhood idols.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the atmosphere and the fans were just fantastic.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020