- Mental
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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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Liverpool, I used to read the match day programme, and you'd read an interview with a lad from the youth team. They'd ask age, heroes, strong points, etc. He'd reply, 'Shooting and tackling.' I can't get into my head that football development would educate tackling as a quality, something to learn, to teach, a characteristic of your play.
- Exemplary
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaving Liverpool was the toughest decision I had to make in football because I was in an exemplary club, a proper football club, with a lovely and sharing stadium that meant a lot of things to me. The fans are the best in the world, no doubt about that, and I was comfortable there.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many times, football is really unfair.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barca - and for everyone in football.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on.
- Relax
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a hockey player. I played hockey forever. That was my life and my job until I got injured, so I get sports, and I get the sports atmosphere, the feeling around other athletes, but I never played football.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt - and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020