Football Quotes

Small: So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked
"So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked"
Jose Mourinho, Coach
Small: And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English jour
"And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think"
Jose Mourinho, Coach
Small: I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighbo
"I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey"
Steven Chu, Scientist
Small: Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sports successful and youre its chief execu
Pete Rozelle
"Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record"
Pete Rozelle, Celebrity
Small: I am not better than anyone else just because I play football
Tim Tebow
"I am not better than anyone else just because I play football"
Tim Tebow, Athlete
Small: Im comfortable with my femininity, and I dont try to change what I look like just because Im reporting on foot
"I'm comfortable with my femininity, and I don't try to change what I look like just because I'm reporting on football at the end of the night"
Lisa Guerrero, Journalist
Small: When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football
"When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football"
Jose Mourinho, Coach
Small: I think the best place to work in football is England
"I think the best place to work in football is England"
Jose Mourinho, Coach
Small: You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from
"You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from your body what the car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance"
Emerson Fittipaldi, Celebrity
Small: We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch foot
"We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving environment where we can play. I think that's good on so many levels - emotionally, for family interactions and, of course, physically"
Alan Thicke, Actor
Small: I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard an
"I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train"
Hayden Fry, Coach
Small: You couldnt take football away from me, you couldnt take acting away from me
Dougray Scott
"You couldn't take football away from me, you couldn't take acting away from me"
Dougray Scott, Actor
Small: The real reason for coming to Montour is my love and respect for football
"The real reason for coming to Montour is my love and respect for football"
Dick Butkus, Athlete
Small: There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a n
"There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities"
Jean-Jacques Annaud, Director
Small: Our football program is bigger than any one person
"Our football program is bigger than any one person"
Craig Johnston, Athlete
Small: I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - its big money and the stars of it, they look goo
"I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari"
Bryan Ferry, Musician
Small: If you dont want to play clean football then go up into the stands
Diego Maradona
"If you don't want to play clean football then go up into the stands"
Diego Maradona, Athlete
Small: But were not supposed to talk anything besides football
"But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football"
Al Michaels, Entertainer
Small: But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it
Daley Thompson
"But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it"
Daley Thompson, Athlete
Small: After all, is football a game or a religion?
"After all, is football a game or a religion?"
Howard Cosell, Lawyer
Small: I dont have to play football
"I don't have to play football"
Terrell Owens, Athlete
Small: Football is an incredible game. Sometimes its so incredible, its unbelievable
"Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable"
Tom Landry, Coach
Small: Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins
"Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins"
Paul Brown, Coach
Small: Im a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic
"I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic"
Steve McManaman, Athlete
Small: Football players win football games
"Football players win football games"
Chuck Knox
Small: The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I
"The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player"
Brian Griese, Athlete
Small: The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion?
"The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand"
Howard Cosell, Lawyer
Small: To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game
"To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game"
Jerry Rice, Athlete
Small: I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports
"I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports"
Terrell Owens, Athlete
Small: Liverpool without European football is like a banquet without wine
"Liverpool without European football is like a banquet without wine"
Roy Evans, Athlete
Small: We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few
"We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few years. We spent about two months in an in-depth interview process, and Bret came out with flying colors. We are absolutely thrilled that he is our head coach"
Ron Jaworski, Athlete
Small: Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football
Frank Gifford
"Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football"
Frank Gifford, Athlete
Small: Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become
"Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become"
Mary McGrory
Small: Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly yo
"Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games"
Faith Hill, Musician
Small: These kids are the future of the National Football League. Theyre the next generation that will be playing hig
Troy Vincent
"These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros"
Troy Vincent, Athlete
Small: I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football
"I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football"
Stephen Chow, Actor
Small: Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesnt get to do. One week were in Japan, one
Solange Knowles
"Traveling is definitely something that your average 17-year-old doesn't get to do. One week we're in Japan, one week we're in Australia, one week we're back home going to football games"
Solange Knowles, Actress
Small: I was meant to be a composer and will be Im sure. Dont ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go pl
"I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please"
Samuel Barber, Composer
Small: Football isnt a contact sport, its a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport
"Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport"
Duffy Daugherty, Coach
Small: Football tactics are rapidly becoming as complicated as the chemical formula for splitting the atom
"Football tactics are rapidly becoming as complicated as the chemical formula for splitting the atom"
Jimmy Greaves, Athlete