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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.
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- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm staying focused on what I do on the pitch. What happens off it, it's nice, of course, but football is what I'm most passionate about.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it, I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it.
- Hang In There
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to be able to hang in there in some uncomfortable pockets and uncomfortable situations, where you're going to take a hit and deliver the football.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from a long line of football players.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.
- Beyond
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- Nov 07, 2020
United is no longer just a football club; it is an institution. I feel the demands are beyond one human being.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People get the impression that we approach football without method: that we're a bunch of skilled individualists. This just isn't so. I'm all for individuality. But I personally go through every tactical plan before every match.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We knew what was going on with Spygate. We were in football mode, and it didn't impact our day-to-day. There's so much noise on the outside - 'You're cheaters, you're this, you're that' - but the easiest way to settle that is to go 18-0 and go to the Super Bowl.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been on a number of NFL teams, and a lot of them address situational football. But I've never been around a team that does it as meticulously as the New England Patriots.
- Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
I collected baseball and football cards. My most valuable was probably a Mark McGwire rookie card.
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I think the toughest job in football is always to be the starter, because everybody looks to you for guidance.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to play football all my life, and when I got accepted to Florida State, it was academically - it wasn't for any kind of scholarship. I kind of sat down and said, 'I'm not going to make it to the NFL. I'm not the size nor the skill.'
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to start from a presupposition: namely, that there is no 'better' football and no 'worse' kind of football, just different styles and cultures that belong to each country.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020