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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
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are making a little portion of their brains be sprinters; they are 100 percent football players, but for these purposes, they must learn the proper way to run.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see somebody on a football field make a great, athletic 70-yard run, but the athleticism is immeasurable. It's undoubtedly athletic, but compared to somebody else who did something else, how do you compare it? That's the great part of track and field. It's a test, but with results that you can compare to others.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I thought movies were boring. My parents would hire VHS recorders for the weekend and watch Bollywood movies. I'd get bored and go out to Stoke Newington common to play football.
- Best Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was really little, I was on a Pop Warner squad. I did it for a year. My dad was a Pop Warner football coach. I did it because my best friend was also on this cheer squad, and of course I looked up to my sister who was a cheerleader, so I wanted to cheer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Players have to adapt nowadays, and if you have a good football brain, if you can read the game, you can manage it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've come through it and seen people in football that are sharks. They are ones to stay away from.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had the same hunger, the same desire to win, since I started kicking a football when I was five years old.
- Footballer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the brain for football, but I didn't have the height. So I started using my brain to overcome those weaknesses and discovered football isn't just about size or power: it's about what's up there. That was the making of me.
- Getting Older
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a versatile player, can play in numerous positions, and I have a good football brain, even if it is getting older.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things can be dissected too much. It's football. Go and play.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just concentrating on my football. I'm not thinking about the length of my contract.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020