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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live in Beverly Hills and I'm proud of it. The only things I miss are pie and mash shops and football games. I've lived in America longer than I lived in England. When I first got here, it just felt right to me. I like the open space, and the weather's great.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, it took me a long while to realize that I wasn't gonna play football on a regular basis anymore. I still play once in a while, but that took me a long while to adjust.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
In football you tend to drift away and on to the next job; you bump into someone after two or three years and it's the same as seeing them yesterday.
- Competition
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scottish football has always been about Celtic and Rangers, but we've rattled some cages and that's been good. The more competition they have, the better for Scotland as a whole.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I worked out in my head it's something like 75 training sessions before you've got them pretty well drilled. You're not going to get that in international football so you're relying on their intelligence and the ability of the players to slot in.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's been missing from regions outside of Silicon Valley is a 'playbook.' In American football, a playbook contains a sports team's strategies and plays. It struck me that every region needs its own industry playbook on how to compete globally.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just like to think of everyone as a happy family but in football that just doesn't exist.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, you've got a job to do, and that's playing football.
- Brilliant
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- Nov 07, 2020
The amount of TV exposure we have had and the attention women's football has got has been brilliant.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're doing a lot of work in schools getting girls to play football, breaking down any taboos there might be, and we're seeing them get interested and bring their families along, where they have such a good match day experience that they're coming back.
- Family And Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020