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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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- Hear People
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I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.
- Looking
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I had no plans once I finished my football career, which was a problem, so I had to go looking for work. Television was the one area that it was easier to get a job than anywhere else.
- Only
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I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.
- Decision
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Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision.
- Game
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When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.
- Every Day
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I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.
- President
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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I really do know football.
- People
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Some people admire the aspirational rock star figures whose biopics make it to TV, the people they watched as kids and made them want to play football for England. For some comics, it is often the Doug Stanhopes and the Joan Rivers.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.
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