- 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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
A poet is never one of the people. He is detached, remote, and the life of small-time dances and talk about football would not be for him. He might take part but could not belong.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
After football, ideally I want to take Gary Lineker's job, but we'll see about that. I'd love to do that, present 'Match of the Day.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is generally a working-class sport, and because of the fact I went to private school and was brought up slightly differently, people think that makes me a different person.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's about getting experience and developing. The best way to do that is to go out on loan to play first-team football.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think for every young player of my age, they have to go out on loan. I know there's an U21 league and the Europa League for the youth teams, but it's not the same as playing men's football, when there's a lot more riding on it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a massive difference between playing Under-21 football and being on the bench at Chelsea, and playing every week in a league where you are playing for people's livelihoods and helping to pay their mortgages.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, Arsenal is a football training centre. You watch the match, you enjoy it, but are you going to win a title afterwards? That's what people remember.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it amuses you to hit people, you do boxing - you do taekwondo - whatever you want. But you don't play football.
- Australia
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always thought Australia was a rugby country, but football is really developing here, and Juve are extremely popular.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone thinks if they have a problem, the first thing they want to do is play football and enjoy themselves.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Abe Krok was a man of integrity who made a unique contribution to Mamelodi Sundowns and to South African football.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me. I thought, I can beat anything.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020