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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish my memory weren't so bad. They tell me it's from all the football and boxing and the concussions that I got.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Africa. I am very grateful for everything I have in Europe but everything I'm learning I want to help my continent to get better - in football as well.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I played football I wanted to make people happy. This is the way I am. I can't be someone else.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been observing Ramadan during all the years I've been in football. It's very important that you eat well. It's important that you eat the right food because you can gain weight or you can have less food in your body.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have experienced a lot in football and if the young players need advice, they know they can ask me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say.
- Nov 07, 2020
The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.
- Legs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day I pull into that parking spot that says 'Head Football Coach,' I get out of my car and pinch myself sometimes, just to make sure it's real, sort of like, 'Is this really happening?'
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have a platform to make a difference ultimately, which is what I want to do with my life, we've got to win football games. When you’re highly paid and your losing, no one really cares what you have to say.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to win football games first and foremost. But I also want to be enlightened and educated on issues and just keep an open mind, keep a listening ear.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job was to play football the last 16 games and do my part, and then in the offseason, really, it's just sit back and let the team or other teams let you know that they want you.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020