- Father
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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
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauties of the game may be lost on some of us sometimes, but many children will read about football when they will read nothing else, not for realism or glamour but for romance.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
I secretly liked acting, but I wanted to play football. It was an enormous dream.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life has changed, but I'm not money-motivated at all; that's the last thing on my mind. I just want to play football, and that's how I've always been.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is only one thing I want to do here, and that is play football to the best of my ability. If I let things start distracting me, I'm not going to be able to do that, which will jeopardise the team as well.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Confidence is sky high, but we're also all very grounded. We know, in football, nothing can be taken for granted.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
You hear players in the past say that it's just a job for them, but for me, it is nothing like that. I literally wish I could play football every day.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought just because I love football, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm desperate to manage.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can watch SportsCenter on a loop, like, five times in a row until my girlfriend is like, 'Seriously? It's the same highlights!' It just brings me peace, I think. Any kind of game - college basketball, college football, obviously anything pro.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was at drama school, I was totally broke, and a lot of my mates had jobs and were financially very good to me, so if, for example, I take them away on a trip to a football match in Europe, it means that I can pay them back a bit.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
My early ambitions were the same as they are now - to play for Manchester United. I was, and still am, football mad.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to play as much football as I can.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020