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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from a council estate myself, and the biggest release we had as kids was football. That's where all the great players learn their trade - as kids having a kickabout.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into theatre kinda late by some standards, and I sorta fell into it. I had broken my ankle playing football, and my high school was doing a production of 'Barnum.' I could juggle, and my mom really wanted to get me out of the house. She said since I wasn't playing football and couldn't wrestle, maybe I should audition for the show.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played football for 12 years, but I would always trick myself into exercise, like by taking a dance class.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had reluctantly agreed to sit in. He is a proud man who also knows that his knees aren't what they once were - that years of high school and college football had long accelerated the deterioration of his aging joints.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I interned at the NFL Network while I was in college, but I have not had an internship or another job other than football in a very long time.
- Definitely
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely watch college football on Saturdays.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've got some talented people in my family in regards to football, and we do it the right way.
- Football Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
Top-flight football players are a strange bunch.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020