- People
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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.
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- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football's become a non-contact sport, and that's spoiled a lot of the fun for a lot of the people, including spectators.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.
- Nov 07, 2020
Winning is why we play football.
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
Merkel is a big fan of football.
- Inferior
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- Nov 07, 2020
Italian football's different to Spanish and German, but it's only different and not inferior.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play this sport because I love football.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't like watching football on TV. It was always so boring to me. Why sit in front of the screen, when you could go outside and play the game for real?
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I dream to be alone and that nobody would talk to me. But I understand that football is really important and that everybody watches it. When you're famous, you have to do photos or autographs, especially for the kids.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work out more during a full four hours of a football game than I ever do in my workouts.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football will always be about the results because if you are winning and taking good results you are not asking me about the young players.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's football, it's our job not just to name the starting XI but during the match as well.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020