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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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I couldn't tell you why I never played. I played basketball, hockey. I just never got into football.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why is playing football in Europe considered the pinnacle of our game, yet in other spheres of life, that same phrase - 'being in Europe' - is dismissed with suspicion?
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
For someone like me, who loves this sport, Naples is a wonderful place. This is an incredible city where football comes first, followed by everything else. The fans live for football.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Away from football, life is not just football. People do not see it how life goes on for us off the field.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football is constant pressure, from day to day. You need to know how to live with that.
- First Time
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When I left Carlisle United for the first time at the age of 16 in 2000, I hated football.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rather than just sit there, I would prefer to get out and play football. Brighton have let me do that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously we've got a lot of science behind football these days and we've got a lot of people that can advise us on how best to look after our bodies.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone just plays football, don't they? It is just part of life in England. Once I started I just totally got the bug and never lost it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football can give everyone who loves the game their great moments and most dreadful disappointments. All it takes is a couple of bad injuries or decisions to turn a season and that's just the unforgiving nature of sport.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is well-documented that Bournemouth like to play football. I think I can give them a slightly different dimension when the ball goes into the box.
- Nov 07, 2020