- Hockey
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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
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sammy Baugh embodied all we aspire to at the Washington Redskins. He was a competitor in everything he did and a winner. He was one of the greatest to ever play the game of football, and one of the greatest the Redskins ever had.
- Player
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Redskin is a football player.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved drama class at school. I never took it seriously, as I was playing football. But maybe when I retire, I'll have a dabble.
- Boy Scout
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, as that first association continued, we got a little more legitimate. In those days, they asked Boy Scout troops to act as ushers during the football games. So we signed up and I went to many games in full Boy Scout uniform as an usher.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved playing football, but I hated the games because it's a lot of pressure. I just loved putting on the pads and hitting my friends.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like Everton. If I'm going to cheer for that kind of football team, I'm going to cheer for Everton. But the Seahawks are my passion.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brain is - essentially, you take any college football player in the country, because I have had multiple, multiple concussions. I had 10 documented concussions, four post-concussion seizures and so, but, with that said, my brain is no worse than your average college football player's brain, right?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've already promised that I want to end my career where I started it, as a way of thanking those who gave me the chance to make my name in football. I want to have a spell there before I retire, but one that's enjoyable for me and for them, too.
- Admiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those who are genuinely passionate about football, Barca are worthy of admiration.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who know Neymar know his great quality and how special he is. And I insist again, we have to take care of players like that; they illuminate football. It's players like him that make football have any sense.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
From God, I have the strength and intelligence to have alternatives and can live even without football.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
We definitely have a football mentality. My dad was a football player also, so just growing up, that's how it was.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020