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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had a lot of experience watching it.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trip Hawkins - and this was the early 1980s - was saying there's going to be a day when everyone has a computer and they're going to want to do more on it, including playing games. So he started up a company, EA Sports, and he was going to have three games, football, basketball and baseball. So I was the football game.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback-driven league. We need the Peyton Mannings in football uniforms out there playing - the Tom Bradys, the Drew Breeses, the Philip Riverses - we need those guys instead of them standing on the sideline.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.
- Cumulative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.
- Football Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm OK with having a really good football player with a chip on his shoulder because he's going to come to prove to not only the people that didn't draft him, but himself, that I'm a pretty good football player.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the thought of the AAF giving players a chance to earn experience through playing the game of football at a high level. And letting players showcase their skills and continue to develop.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a privilege, what we get to do. To be able to tell stories. It's a luxury. So I have a business-like approach to it, the same way I had with football.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of Washingtons that have played football. I could just blend in more and carve out my own name quietly.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming from a football background, when everybody is doing their job and operating on such a high level, it only motivates you to do the same.
- Basketball
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- Nov 07, 2020