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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
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been fortunate enough to witness some of the biggest moments in football history mere yards away from the action, but I wanted to go out on a high rather than stay too long. I didn't want to get to the stage where people say, 'Oh blimey, Motty's lost it. He's getting the players wrong, and his voice is going.'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole London football scene is now financially more powerful and ambitious than ever before. That reflects the city's economic might and its multiculturalism. Now West Ham have a new , and Spurs and Chelsea will follow. And the London clubs have widened their areas of support.
- Praise
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- Nov 07, 2020
In football you can take the praise when it comes, but you've got to be ready to take the criticism as well.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we can get Hibs into European football it would be massive for everyone involved.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going from Somerset Park one week to Wembley the next. It's crazy but that's football. You don't get to where you want to be without going through all these different places.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never nice looking over your shoulder and needing other results but sometimes that happens in football. It's a lot better to know your future is in your own hands.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was tough to quit football. But after I was injured, I didn't want people paying money to see only half a John Matuszak.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like making movies and would like to make it my career when I'm finished playing football.
- Management
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important aspect of my signing with the WFL was not to demean or undermine the National Football League, but rather to make professional football a form of employment where management recognizes its workers as individuals capable of communicating on an intelligent level.
- Biggest Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an opportunity, one, to get into professional football in 1967 as an assistant coach, and then at the age of 32, giving me the opportunity to be the head coach.
- Hawkins
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- Nov 07, 2020