Football Quotes

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Generalities dont count and wont help you in football
"Generalities don't count and won't help you in football"
Knute Rockne, Coach
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
Small: Football will always be my foremost passion
"Football will always be my foremost passion"
David Ginola, Athlete
Small: I have been keeping myself fit. I am going on holiday next week in the Mediterranean so that I can really unwi
"I have been keeping myself fit. I am going on holiday next week in the Mediterranean so that I can really unwind after the football season and have a rest"
David Ginola, Athlete
Small: I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong
"I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage"
Esther Williams, Actress
Small: I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how
John Malkovich
"I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that"
John Malkovich, Actor
Small: English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see h
"English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens"
David Ginola, Athlete
Small: The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no fut
"The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today's fans"
Franz Beckenbauer, Athlete
Small: My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field
"My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for
"I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: Actually, as that first association continued, we got a little more legitimate. In those days, they asked Boy
"Actually, as that first association continued, we got a little more legitimate. In those days, they asked Boy Scout troops to act as ushers during the football games. So we signed up and I went to many games in full Boy Scout uniform as an usher"
Daniel J. Evans, Politician
Small: I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didnt have time to work out
"I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didn't have time to work out"
Bo Jackson, Athlete