Football Quotes

Small: It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they playe
Frank Gifford
"It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special"
Frank Gifford, Athlete
Small: I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at f
Dennis Bergkamp
"I just wanted to get back to playing attacking football after my time in Italy. It was a little difficult at first but the atmosphere and the fans were just fantastic"
Dennis Bergkamp, Athlete
Small: We were younger. And its basically like looking at football classics. You see things that you did, you see thi
"We were younger. And it's basically like looking at football classics. You see things that you did, you see things that you could've done better and you think about all the good relationships that you had with the cast"
Bubba Smith, Athlete
Small: I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lo
"I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day"
Zinedine Zidane, Athlete
Small: I dont enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other peoples amusement. I enjoy it if Im being pai
"I don't enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people's amusement. I enjoy it if I'm being paid a lot for it"
David Storey, Novelist
Small: Were sympathetic, but once you step on the field, footballs football
"We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football"
Michael Strahan, Athlete
Small: I dont have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to
David Walliams
"I don't have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to me about football"
David Walliams, Actor
Small: When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries
"When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway"
Terry Bradshaw, Athlete
Small: Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very int
"Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word"
Jon Postel, Scientist
Small: When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep!
"When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep!"
Michael Strahan, Athlete
Small: Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein"
Joe Theismann, Athlete
Small: My dream, I remember, when I went to boarding school, was to have a study all my own, a little nook someplace
"My dream, I remember, when I went to boarding school, was to have a study all my own, a little nook someplace where nobody could get at me - nobody, like the football coach"
Harry Mathews, Author
Small: In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people arent interested in the sex lives of th
Dennis Bergkamp
"In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their players. We don't hear these stories - even in Italy where the media is right on top of football"
Dennis Bergkamp, Athlete
Small: I dont want to lose myself in football and thats what a coach has to do to be successful
Dennis Bergkamp
"I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful"
Dennis Bergkamp, Athlete
Small: Dont matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games
"Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games"
Darrell Royal, Coach
Small: When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out play
"When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys"
Catherine Bell, Model
Small: Ive always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball an
"I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys"
Catherine Bell, Model
Small: Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it
"Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it"
Irwin Shaw, Novelist
Small: God blessed me to play football
"God blessed me to play football"
Terrell Owens, Athlete
Small: Its very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where
"It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round"
Rafer Johnson, Athlete
Small: I started out wanting to coach football
"I started out wanting to coach football"
Lee Majors, Actor
Small: When you get down to it, at its root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: Do you
"When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown kicked the football and kissed the Little Red Haired Girl? Neither do I.'"
Lev Yilmaz, Artist
Small: There is a movement in club football, which I dont necessarily consider a prime example of solidarity, because
"There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of solidarity, because it leads us to conclude the rich are getting richer and they are using everything in the market to create an exodus from Africa"
Sepp Blatter, Leader
Small: Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we
"Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we"
Sepp Blatter, Leader
Small: Because I love football and I love the footballers
"Because I love football and I love the footballers"
Sepp Blatter, Leader
Small: The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence abo
"The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team"
Ron Jaworski, Athlete
Small: Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention.
"Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass"
Ron Jaworski, Athlete
Small: I love to see Favre playing his best football, and if his mind his right, hell probably have a fine season
"I love to see Favre playing his best football, and if his mind his right, he'll probably have a fine season"
Ron Jaworski, Athlete
Small: Ive always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know Im an actor, but felt sorry
"I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me because they'd never seen anything I've done"
Bill Nighy, Actor
Small: No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game
Rio Ferdinand
"No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered"
Rio Ferdinand, Athlete
Small: If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldnt say a lot for English football. Wed probably
Rio Ferdinand
"If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play"
Rio Ferdinand, Athlete
Small: Im on the cover of the lingerie football swimsuit calendar this year
"I'm on the cover of the lingerie football swimsuit calendar this year"
Trishelle Cannatella, Celebrity
Small: For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time
"For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time"
Michel Patini
Small: Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel
"Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel"
Robert Mondavi, Businessman
Small: The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for t
"The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the money. There wasn't much money there. They would have played football for nothing"
Red Grange, Athlete
Small: I havent seen a new football play since I was in high school. You have just so many holes in a line and you ha
"I haven't seen a new football play since I was in high school. You have just so many holes in a line and you have eleven men playing, and there's only so many ways you can go through those holes, and those ways have been used for forty, fifty years"
Red Grange, Athlete
Small: For a kid whos lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a
"For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a very therapeutic sport. Very"
Jon Hamm, Actor
Small: For me, football is just a game, not a drama
"For me, football is just a game, not a drama"
Michel Patini
Small: He played football too long without a helmet
"He played football too long without a helmet"
Jerome Cavanagh, Politician
Small: As long as I own this football team and long after Im gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins
"As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins"
Jack K. Cooke