- 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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- Females
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely think that females have a harder time. It's a lot harder to be a girl because you're always in your head. I've heard my brother go and take it out on the football as he says. Whereas girls would rather sit down and over think things.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned how to play football and I got pretty good at it. I enjoyed being on a team with other girls. In Hollywood, girls are always competing against one another, so it was nice to be on a team with other girls for a change.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've grown not just as a player but as a person. But my passion will always remain. It's there because I love football, and I love fighting for my club and my country.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don't know that it was ever intended to be a continuous game.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played football; I was a running back, and I took a hit, and I had a hairline fracture in my leg which no one spotted, and I was playing basketball all winter and it got worse. And then I was long jumping, about 20 feet, and I landed one time and there was this big crack, and all the bones were jutting out of my leg.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really an organizational job with a football team to watch them go through their day.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is a pretty complex numbering system most of the time: run the three back through the four hole, things like that. We kind of do the same thing - the three man sets for the four, or whatever.
- Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, there are some things you looked forward to. You looked forward to Charlie Brown during Halloween and you looked forward to Monday Night Football.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school, my mom hated football. But then, the more I played, the more it grew on her. This game has done a lot for my family - not just from a financial standpoint, but it also helped bring my family together.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
We played a lot of sandlot ball, so we were used to tackling each other, or falling on the concrete, things of that nature. And nine times out of 10, our flag games turned into tackle anyway. So when I got to high school, tackle football was kind of natural.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020