- 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
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very self-conscious about my body from a young age. At school, I played football and netball and did ballet as well so was very athletic. I wasn't curvaceous; I had muscles on my arms and shoulders. Often I felt like hiding them rather than showing them off, as I felt they were masculine.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were younger. And it's basically like looking at football classics. You see things that you did, you see things that you could've done better and you think about all the good relationships that you had with the cast.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We never had anybody who froze to death playing football. You probably had somebody who died from heat stroke playing football.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody is that thick-skinned that it doesn't hurt you. Still, you always know what happens in football. I have got used to criticism, I suppose, having been high profile with England and Man U.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My quarterbacks have to be a member of my family, and that has nothing to do with football. Trust is everything. We have to connect on a deep level in order to really be able to build something together.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to a football game, and people were shouting my dad's name, and I was like, 'What? Oh my God.'
- Golf
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- Nov 07, 2020
At home, I'm definitely not watching golf. I'd rather be watching baseball, basketball, football, whatever it is.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020