- Moments
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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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- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
In football, we never know what will happen. That's why football is so beautiful, and a lot of people love football.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like English football very much. It is truly one of the best leagues in the world.
- Nov 07, 2020
By the way, you won't put that thing in about me wanting to have sex on a football pitch, will you?
- Luck
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don't predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble - but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Doncaster and have felt the love for football run through the town; it's for that reason that I have a real personal passion to make Doncaster Rovers a success story.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media likes me because I give honest answers. How many people in football give honest answers? I don't lie. Always the truth. OK, maybe my truth. But it is the truth.
- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot buy players and know, for sure, that they can deliver. You cannot know because football is a team sport.
- Nov 07, 2020
In the football world, you have to deliver. However, as an ex-player, you always have more credit.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you ask me how did I do at United, I will say it was my best year ever, given the circumstances I was working under. We played football that was quite alright. But it's not football that is appreciated in England.
- Attacking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always played attacking football.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having managed in Holland, Spain, and Germany, I had always hoped for the opportunity to manage in English football and be part of English culture.
- Nov 07, 2020