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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
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in the NFL now, and it's nothing like what we did at USC. Not at all. The only difference between my college and other colleges is the games we won and the attention we got because of it. Obviously being in Los Angeles plays a huge role in the publicity. We don't have a football team in L.A., so we kind of are like the pro team.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to transition out of football. Even when you're super successful, guys who have played 18 or 20 years and have won four Super Bowls, they still have difficulty with that transition. They believe they're not ever going to do anything that important again.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to make a difference in other people's lives because who I am as a person rather than who I was as a football player.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that if I was only known for who I was as a football player and only that, it just would have been a tragedy.
- Football Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very small sample size: 2-0 to start my NFL career. Talking a lot of smack. And then I walk into Kansas City and put up the worst football game of my existence. And I've always been this brash, arrogant kind of guy.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before playing football, I didn't fit in anywhere. My parents didn't have a lot of money, which they spent on our education to send us to Catholic private school in Oakland, mostly black. The other kids had more money than I did. I started school early; I was young. So I'd come back to my hood and read.
- Different Parts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.
- Nov 07, 2020
Football is easy when things are going well, but when its not, it becomes the biggest test.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like playing all sports, from football to soccer, and I love playing baseball.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020