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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
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I can run, I'm not going to sit out any game. I'm here to play football, not to watch and collect a check.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no interest in owning a football club; I don't play golf; I don't like horseracing and I'd rather become a professional bungee jumper than enter politics.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm comfortable with my femininity, and I don't try to change what I look like just because I'm reporting on football at the end of the night.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.
- Great Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. They've been very close to me and we have a great relationship.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now.
- Promotion
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.
- Nov 07, 2020
Before British title fights, I've played football on a Saturday before; it's silly as it is.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just like football, business is a game of inches, where the smallest advancement or advantage can mean the difference between winning and losing.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020