- Family
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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.
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- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to be throwing the football on the front yard when I'm 75. I mean, I'm not opposed to men doing that. But I don't think it's gonna work for me.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I play football, I try to win the game. That is part of me. That is who I am.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.
- Nov 07, 2020
Football saved me.
- Confine
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.
- Morality
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- Nov 07, 2020
All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that.
- Nov 07, 2020
In hindsight, that time out of football gives you the hunger to want to get back to basics and play football.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decisions I've made have not always been the most popular, but when I look back, I want to know I've played for good football teams.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020