American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party. — Sue Lawley
I love football, football is my life. — Wayne Rooney
Football is not a game but a religion, a metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a highly verbalized, disguised society, a throwback of 30,000 generations of anthropological time. — Arnold J. Mandell
Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn't matter if you are rich, or poor, or black, or white. It is one nation. This is the beauty of football. — Pele
I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose. — Woody Hayes
I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite. — Verne Troyer
It’s not a very big sport in the U.S. if you compare it to American football and baseball and the other — Ingemar Stenmark
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. — Vince Lombardi
Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. — Jose Mourinho
Fighting football, not serenity football - that is what I like. — Jurgen Klopp
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable. — Branch Rickey
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. — Tom Landry
Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up. — Knute Rockne
Football is a religion and Saturday is the holy day of obligation. — Bob Ufer
Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life. — Joe Namath
This ain't a football game, we do this every day. — Earl Weaver
Football is a more beautiful game in high definition. — Jose Mourinho
Football is like life and I know life. — Rush Limbaugh
Football, beer, and above all gambling, filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
Inspirational American Football Quotes
Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise. — Lou Holtz
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day. — Ray Lewis
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. — Don Shula
Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.
Attitude determines how well you do it. — Lou Holtz
Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts. — Jim Brown
Football doesn't build character, it reveals character. — Marv Levy
What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests.
You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. — Dan Birdwell
I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf. — Joe Namath
You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip. — Bud Wilkinson
Every team is beatable, you never know. The right moment, the right time, every team is beatable. — Tom Coughlin
Funniest American Football Quotes
Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. — Doug Plank
I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that. — Jerry Rice
You guys line up alphabetically by height. — Bill Peterson
That's the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry.
The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract. — Carl "Spider" Lockhart
Good American Football Quotes
But when I look back I can't call myself unlucky. My 23rd birthday was December 14. In these years I have had more than most people get in a lifetime. — Ernie Davis
Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father. — Barry Sanders
Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry. — Barry Sanders
Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then I was young, eight or nine years, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up. — Herschel Walker
There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid back and relied on natural ability. — Jim Brown
If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I’ll know I died in good health. — Bum Phillips
Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser. — George Steinbrenner
We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now. — Bruce Coslet
Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident. — Chuck Knox
I walked around for a while angry, in a bad mood. ... 'Woe is me.' I've gotten over that. It doesn't do any good. — Peyton Manning
Motivational American Football Quotes
Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic — Peyton Manning
If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother. — Bo Jackson
Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that! — Bill Parcells
My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team. — Don Shula
I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated — Emmitt Smith
The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become. — Frosty Westering
I've got news for you. We're gonna win the game. I guarantee it. — Joe Namath
Every time you lose you die a little bit. You die inside...a portion of you. Not all of your organs. Maybe just your liver. — George Allen
The best part of it for me is the idea that this group of young men, who came together and believed in themselves, bought the team concept completely, took the names off the back of the jerseys, checked the egos at the door. — Tom Coughlin
In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing? — Barry Sanders
Nfl Football Quotes
A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to. — Tom Landry
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence. — Tom Landry
A good football coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback - but not necessarily in that order. — Bud Grant
You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else. — Bum Phillips
The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven. — Knute Rockne
If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler. — Jack Lambert
I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest - If you can't take it, you shouldn't play! — Jack Lambert
Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong. — Chuck Noll
When it's too hard for them, it's just right for us. — Marv Levy
Pro Football Quotes
I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today. — Gerald R. Ford
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field. — Walter Payton
Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats, and I don't know how you can argue with that. Look at my combined yards. I'm not one to make excuses, so I'll play by their rules and not even count the USFL stats. — Herschel Walker
Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts. — Bob Lilly
Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl. — Bill Peterson
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
If you're mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It's about the same. — Bob Golic
Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. — Frank Gifford
Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal. — Don Francis
My knees look like they lost a knife fight with a midget. — E. J. Holub
Football Team Quotes
You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team. — Eric Cantona
A team is not made up of isolated individuals. Always stay in the game. Don't be passive. Football is a team game. No one plays alone. Success depends on your whole team being a single unit. — Pele
Hungry is a word that I've been analyzing here of late. It's not hunger that drives me, it's not hunger that needs to drive our football team. Hunger and thirst are things that can be quenched. We have to be a driven group, we have to seek greatness. — Mike Tomlin
When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong. — Dennis Bergkamp
A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful — Arsene Wenger
I've got a Championship game to play and I'm excited about the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. — Les Miles
It's time for the New England Patriots to move on and that's what our job is. And as I said, our goal is the same: to have a winning football team, to be a pillar in the community. That's what our direction is; that's what we're going to do. — Bill Belichick
I'm the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I got a championship game to play, and I'm excited for the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Please ask me after. I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day! — Les Miles
It's never an upset if the so-called underdog has all along considered itself the better team. — Woody Hayes
In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves. — Bill Shankly
Sports Football Quotes
Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for. — Ernie Davis
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. — Henry Van Dyke
It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters. — Bear Bryant
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man. — Pele
I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy. I loved soccer, as you call it, or sports in general. The first time I was a bridesmaid, to my auntie, I refused to go down the aisle without my football shorts underneath my dress. — Cara Delevingne
The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb. — Knute Rockne
My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. — Duffy Daugherty
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later. — Bob Paisley
Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn. — Pat Dye
If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed. — Kurt Warner
Nfl Players Quotes
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job. — Bill Walsh
We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it, even my organization deserves it. You have to win and you have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl. That's our passion here. — Al Davis
I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player. — Robert Griffin III
A guy like Malcolm who makes that type of quick, instinctive plays, that's one of his strong suits. I don't think it surprised any of us players because that's what his skill set is. — Tom Brady
Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. God Bless everyone and thank u so much. — Adrian Peterson
I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work. — Jerry Rice
In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year. — Nick Saban
I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach. — Don Shula
Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do. — Bum Phillips
What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining. — Mike Ditka
College Football Quotes
I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him. — Woody Hayes
Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time, and looking to jump into the business world at a young age was pretty daunting for me. — Lewis Howes
Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state! — Bear Bryant
If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas. — Ricky Williams
I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game. — Bear Bryant
I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation. — Bob Devaney
Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there. — Victor Cruz
It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me. — Doug Flutie
College football is LSU's Tiger Stadium at night. — Rick Reilly
It's something you dream about as a kid. Like when you play all those NCAA video games as a kid and you create your own player and win the Heisman with a bunch of crazy numbers. It's the biggest, most prestigious award in college football, so it'd definitely be a dream come true. — Johnny Manziel
Somewhere inside, we hear a voice. It leads us in the direction of the person we wish to become. But it is up to us whether or not to follow. — Pat Tillman
True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise - the other, loyalty. — Fielding H. Yost
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character. — Walter Camp
I have two secret weapons -- my legs, my arms and my brain. — Michael Vick
A goal without a plan is a wish. — Herman Edwards
With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands. — Eli Manning
Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass. — Terry Crews
The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team. — Frosty Westering
It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements. — Curtis Martin
Our strength is that we don't have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don't have any real strengths. — Frank Broyles
Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score. — Tim Tebow
Power isn’t just about going forward. It’s about not letting anything hold you back. — Patrick Willis
It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face, my family that I love, that's all that really matters to me. — Marshawn Lynch
Your retirement is an opportunity to live out your dreams and take care of your family. Don’t leave it to chance. — Chris Hogan
Sometimes as a man, you fear what you can't see. Nobody can predict the future. You don't know what's going to happen. Tomorrow's not promised. The only thing you can do is live your life, hope for the best, continue to have faith, believe in yourself. — Michael Vick
Rapport? You mean like, You'll run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can? — Jeff Kemp
When it's third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time. — Max McGee
You can't go out and practice average on Wednesday, average on Thursday, okay on Friday and then expect to play well on Sunday. — Tom Brady
Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of. For centuries, we ruled everything, and now, in the last ten minutes, there are all these incursions by women. It's our Alamo. — Tony Kornheiser
Beer and Rugby are more or less synonymous. — Chris Laidlaw
There are no office hours for champions. — Paul Dietzel
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