- Men
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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
If I hadn't made it as a footballer I would have been an electrician. I studied to be an electrician even though I was progressing at football because you never know at that stage if you are going to be there for sure.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baseball, boxing, handball - sooner or later every game gets compared to narrative, but only in football are the plays perfectly linear, drawn up with letters, and only in football is the field itself lined like a sheet of notebook paper.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of football's gaudiest displays of manliness are purely aesthetic. It's not what players do, it's how they look doing it.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the Ripkens, the Griffeys, the Bondses, so on. But football is the real paternal game, because it's a conveyor belt of father figures, in the form of coaches.
- Basketball
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of respect for the British people and the passion which they have for football, the full stadiums.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love football. A lot. It's never a moment to say that I'm bored. There is a lot of repetition in football, in training and travel, but I still love it.
- Unity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you put the sacred Croatia shirt on, you become another person. We have this togetherness, this unique unity - not just in football. We are exceptional in tennis, handball, basketball, water polo. If we were to hold a tournament in ping pong, all of us would be rooting for that single player.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can talk 10 hours about football. From the moment I leave home, I talk about football.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a terrifically fit person. I haven't been for any exercise. I played a bit of football, ate a couple of apples. I got a gym membership last time I was in Edinburgh but it was very hard to unsubscribe.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great to have atmosphere at the stadium, but football is all about the players.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I only like to play football.
- Streets
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- Nov 07, 2020