- 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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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think it's my job or anything that I owe somebody. But it is nature - coaching - and I like to think I'm pretty charitable in the sense that I like to help people out, share and talk football.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have been a fantastic captain in a football team or a manager because I would have motivated people.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a good football intelligence. I didn't need 10 games to get used to a position. I could go out and do a job.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played for England at cricket and football. Playing at Wembley in front of 60,000 people seemed better than playing at Cirencester in front of my family and friends.
- Good Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is this preconceived idea that I would follow the likes of Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, and Gary into the media because it's a really good life. But football is my life.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it came to Sociedad, I didn't want to come back into football so soon after the Manchester United experience.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My passion is coaching, and I see myself more as a head coach with a more continental approach, in charge of football, running the training programme, the players.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
A takeover or a player doing something wrong can take the focus away from what the most important thing is, which is to play football.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
- Rain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody's going to play in tough-weather games - snow, rain, sleet - but you've got to hold onto the football.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is football; everyone gets hurt. If you run the ball 40 times a game, you're going to get banged around and get nicks and bruises here and there, but I don't pay too much attention to that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.'
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020