Football Quotes

Small: I stopped playing football because Id done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me
"I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me"
Eric Cantona, Athlete
Small: Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good
Fran Lebowitz
"Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football"
Fran Lebowitz, Journalist
Small: Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community
Tony Dungy
"Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League"
Tony Dungy, Coach
Small: For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus.
Tony Dungy
"For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone"
Tony Dungy, Coach
Small: If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead
Erma Bombeck
"If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead"
Erma Bombeck, Journalist
Small: Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against
"Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners"
John Steinbeck, Author
Small: In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pi
"In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction"
Angela Merkel, Statesman
Small: Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesnt seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes
"Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces"
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Writer
Small: Ive learnt and I just want to be respected for what Ive achieved on the pitch. I know I havent achieved much o
"I've learnt and I just want to be respected for what I've achieved on the pitch. I know I haven't achieved much off it but I do know I've given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years"
Paul Gascoigne, Athlete
Small: There are few secrets in football. So execute
"There are few secrets in football. So execute"
Hank Stram, Athlete
Small: People care about my personal life. But really Im dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, s
"People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!"
Sophia Bush, Actress
Small: You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football sta
Jello Biafra
"You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course"
Jello Biafra, Musician
Small: As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel
"As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can"
Hidetoshi Nakata, Athlete
Small: It took me a while to realize that basketball wasnt football
"It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football"
Merlin Olsen, Athlete
Small: Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up
"Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up"
Knute Rockne, Coach
Small: In the last year my wife has noticed me struggling to get downstairs on a Sunday morning. Ive two young childr
"In the last year my wife has noticed me struggling to get downstairs on a Sunday morning. I've two young children and football has been so good to me over the years I don't want to spoil it"
Graeme Le Saux, Athlete
Small: I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park
"I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park"
Merlin Olsen, Athlete
Small: In football, time and space are the same thing
"In football, time and space are the same thing"
Graham Taylor, Coach
Small: From my point of view what I have to do now is appreciate and enjoy what football gave me, but now do somethin
"From my point of view what I have to do now is appreciate and enjoy what football gave me, but now do something else with the same energy and enthusiasm I gave to football without expecting the same results"
Graeme Le Saux, Athlete
Small: I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing
Shaquille O'Neal
"I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing"
Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete
Small: Generalities dont count and wont help you in football
"Generalities don't count and won't help you in football"
Knute Rockne, Coach
Small: I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in
"I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say"
Knute Rockne, Coach
Small: Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life t
"Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes"
Knute Rockne, Coach
Small: This aint a football game, we do this every day
"This ain't a football game, we do this every day"
Earl Weaver, Coach
Small: I think weve got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment
"I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment"
Steven Gerrard, Athlete
Small: I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night
"I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night"
Steven Gerrard, Athlete
Small: The trouble for todays footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming t
"The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices"
Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete
Small: One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more t
"One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always"
Aiden Wilson Tozer, Clergyman
Small: We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high
"We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high"
Steven Gerrard, Athlete
Small: It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally
"It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally"
Jim Otto, Athlete
Small: No, Im not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout
"No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout"
Hugh Dancy, Actor
Small: I dont understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets
Sting
"I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets"
Sting, Musician
Small: I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didnt think that anything c
"I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me. I thought, I can beat anything"
Pat Summerall, Celebrity
Small: If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you
"If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you"
Paul Bryant, Coach
Small: I did play two years of high school football and was very short and uncoordinated but the second year I was ve
"I did play two years of high school football and was very short and uncoordinated but the second year I was very tall and skinny and very uncoordinated"
Kyle Chandler, Actor
Small: I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we c
"I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball"
Fred Frith, Composer
Small: But I just want to be known for my football
"But I just want to be known for my football"
Jamie Redknapp, Athlete
Small: The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process.
"The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side"
John Elway, Athlete
Small: As football players you have all the experience on the field. You dont have the experience off the field
"As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field"
John Elway, Athlete
Small: Im happy with the Arena Football League right now. Im happy in Denver
"I'm happy with the Arena Football League right now. I'm happy in Denver"
John Elway, Athlete