Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest. — Tom Landry
The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball. — John Thorn
Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn. — Pat Dye
I love football, football is my life. — Wayne Rooney
Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture. — Elbert Hubbard
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
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'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
American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party. — Sue Lawley
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. — Tom Landry
I am a huge sports fan. — Kris Allen
Football is a more beautiful game in high definition. — Jose Mourinho
Fighting football, not serenity football - that is what I like. — Jurgen Klopp
Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for. — Ernie Davis
This ain't a football game, we do this every day. — Earl Weaver
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell. — Alex Ferguson
I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose. — Woody Hayes
Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up. — Knute Rockne
College Football Image Quotes
Football, beer, and above all gambling, filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
Inspirational College Football Quotes
Don't cuss. Don't argue with the officials. And don't lose the game. — John Heisman
I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. — Urban Meyer
Hey, we're like soldiers. Would you go to the Roman army and ask them if they thought they were going to win the battle? If I didn't think we could win, I wouldn't be here. I'd stay home and get fat. — Ken Simonton
That's the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry.
You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life. — Paul Dietzel
I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras
I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football) — Bum Phillips
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.
There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football. — Greg Schiano
The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean. — Erma Bombeck
Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister! — Bear Bryant
I love football. My weekends are booked. Saturday college games and Sunday NFL and 'Monday Night Football.' Booked! Football is first, then basketball and then everything else. — Jordin Sparks
College Football Coaches Quotes
The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb. — Knute Rockne
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
At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any. — Erk Russell
That boy don't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades, and that boy don't know the meaning of a lot of words. — Bobby Bowden
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you. — Bear Bryant
Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad. — Darrell Royal
But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. — Steve Spurrier
Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David. — Ralph Jordan
I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.' — Walt Garrison
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
College Sports Quotes
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. — Dean Smith
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
My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor. — Bowden Wyatt
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player. — Dean Smith
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
Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died. — Frank Leahy
Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college and I guess I agreed with them or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got. — Joe Namath
I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life. — Phil Mickelson
Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport. — Vince Lombardi
They whipped us like a tied up goat. — Spike Dykes
High School Football Quotes
Louisiana has a heritage of great players that play their high school football within the boundaries of Louisiana. — Les Miles
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
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
In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it. — Billy Crystal
That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice. — Garth Brooks
In high school, when I played football I got no respect. I shared a locker with a mop. — Rodney Dangerfield
When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team. — George Raveling
You have to run the football and stop the run, no matter what level you play at, whether it's high school, college or professional ranks. I'm a firm believer in that. — Chip Kelly
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
In high school football, the coach kept me on the bench all year. On the last game of the season, the crowd was yelling, We want Youngman! We want Youngman! The coach says, Youngman - go see what they want! — Henny Youngman
American Football Quotes
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
Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise. — Lou Holtz
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
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
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
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day. — Ray Lewis
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
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
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
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. — Don Shula
Football Season Quotes
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
I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability. — LeBron James
Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg. — Bobby Robson
There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season. — Darius Rucker
Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl. — Bill Peterson
Pro football is a game; not a war. It's for win or lose, not life or death... but say that in the summer, for winter brings the playoffs, and a season is at stake. — John Facenda
I've been consistent in patches this season. — Theo Walcott
In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday. — Graham Taylor
Football season: The only time of the year when a man can walk down the street with a blond on one arm and a blanket on the other without encountering raised eyebrows. — Bennett Cerf
I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger. — Terry Bradshaw
College Basketball Quotes
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing. — Larry Bird
I do a little sign on the court every time i make a shot or a good pass and i pound my chest and point to the sky - it symbolizes that i have a heart for God. It’s something that my mom and I came up with in college and I do it every time I step on the floor as a reminder of who i’m playing for. — Stephen Curry
I love basketball so much, I love playing it. I just never thought I could make it to college, make it to the NBA or stand up here today in front of you guys and be an NBA MVP. It’s just a surreal feeling, and I had so much help, so many people believe in me when I didn’t believe in myself. — Kevin Durant
He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one. — Rick Pitino
College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles. — Paul McAllister
The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be. — Geno Auriemma
Everybody in the NBA works on their game. I just tried to follow that lead when I was in high school, college – and now. — Kawhi Leonard
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. — John Wooden
I told them not to worry about it, since we were going to play indoors. — Jerry Tarkanian
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
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last. — Ronaldinho
Mike, did you ever see the movie 'Cast Away?' In that movie, Tom Hanks' only friend was a ball named Wilson. In this game, Russell Wilson's only friend is a football. — Jon Gruden
Football is one of the world's best means of communication. It is impartial, apolitical and universal. Football unites people around the world every day. Young or old, players or fans, rich or poor, the game makes everyone equal, stirs the imagination, makes people happy and makes them sad — Franz Beckenbauer
The grid is like the lines on a football field. You can play a great game in the grid or a lousy game. But the goal is to play a really fine game. — Wim Crouwel
My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. — Duffy Daugherty
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing. — Lionel Messi
If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible. — Wilhelm Reich
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. — Erma Bombeck
Sports Football Quotes
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
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. — Henry Van Dyke
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
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 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 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
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
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field. — Walter Payton
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
It's never been about football, but about becoming the best and fullest person I could be. And to think that I went from the kid with a GPA in the basement to going to college on a football scholarship-I was thankful and humbled by how far I'd come in just a few years. I knew that miracles really do happen. — Michael Oher
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
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
Current condition of the BYU football program? I think it's in good shape. We've got some good young players. We've had two or three pretty good recruiting years. We lost some players, obviously, that hurt us, but you always have turnover in college through attrition (graduation, transfers). That's the nature of the game. — LaVell Edwards
When Clemson players rub that rock and run down the hill, it's the most exciting 25 seconds in college football. — Brent Musburger
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!" — Bear Bryant
Most players don't mind drug testing once they realize they don't have to study for it. — Mack Brown
In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but not in the professionals. You eat, sleep, and do everything related to your craft - and your craft is football. You can be at it from sunup to sundown. — Cam Newton
There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers. — John Steinbeck
When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me. — Woody Hayes
There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time. — Walter Payton
There are two kinds of people in the world, Notre Dame lovers and Notre Dame haters. And, quite frankly, they're both a pain in the ass. — Dan Devine
Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel. — Bobby Bowden
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they can't wait until Saturday comes around so they can play on the high school team, or the college team, and get smashed around. Writing is like that. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it! — Irwin Shaw
I don't know. I always sort of liked playing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended. — Steve Spurrier
College football is a game which would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the trustees played. There would be a great increase in broken arms, legs, and necks, and simultaneously an appreciable diminution in the loss to humanity. — H. L. Mencken
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