- Love
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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
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is a socialist sport. Financially, some may receive more rewards than others but, from a footballing perspective, for 90 minutes, regardless of whether you are Lionel Messi or the substitute right-back for Argentina, you are all working to the same end.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before we are footballers or fans, we are ordinary members of society. We are doctors, lawyers, milkmen, postmen, unemployed people, students... So why are they called racist football fans? Are they just racist for the 90 minutes of a match, when the other six days a week they're not?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
My foundation now has some 120 football pitches laid out for children, a lot of them immigrants. We live in a multicultural society.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football should never be a worry. It should be exciting. When a child plays football outside, he doesn't need to worry. Professionals should be the same.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really into basketball, baseball, football and working out - but you'll never catch me in a public sauna.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
- East Village
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- Nov 07, 2020