- Everyone
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- 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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is a violent sport. Somebody's going to get hurt. It's the game. Just hopefully, you're on the good side of it.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned was the case on at least one National Football League team - to play to injure.
- Nov 07, 2020
I do enjoy playing some sports, even though none of them are organized. I enjoy football most of all.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.'
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for a little league team.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad excelled at so many sports in his life. Everything from professional football to being a world-class shot putter, but nothing meant as much to my dad as what he accomplished in the ring as a WWE Superstar.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eight is a number I always liked. It's also the number my dad wore when he played football, so it's special to me. I am aware that it's a big number here at Liverpool, and I am very excited to wear it.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
My long-term aim has always been to play football at the highest level I possibly could for a big club. When that is in your mind, you don't give up; you constantly fight and battle to make that happen.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
My younger brother was a big Stoke fan, and I was sucked into it. I was kind of waking up every morning and looking at Gordon Banks' face! We had all these small football cards - literally hundreds of them - and swapping them was the currency back then.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad played in the National Soccer League in Australia and also played football in Malaysia.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dad is a skilled athlete and runs his own football school for kids. While football is his entire life and he encouraged us to play, he still found time to take me to ballet and tennis lessons.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to all of Dad's football games. As I got older, I got involved. He taught me everything I know about playing it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020