Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. — Tom Landry
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 an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life. — Joe Namath
Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. — Jose Mourinho
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win. — Gary Lineker
I love football, football is my life. — Wayne Rooney
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
Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple. — Bill Shankly
I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell. — Alex Ferguson
Football is a more beautiful game in high definition. — Jose Mourinho
Football is a religion and Saturday is the holy day of obligation. — Bob Ufer
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
Sometimes in football you have to score goals. — Thierry Henry
Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins. — Johan Cruijff
Short Football Match Quotes
Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes. — Jurgen Klopp
Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture. — Elbert Hubbard
Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for. — Ernie Davis
Fighting football, not serenity football - that is what I like. — Jurgen Klopp
What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball. — Bill Shankly
Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game. — Queen Elizabeth II
The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory. — Sepp Herberger
American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party. — Sue Lawley
If football was a drug, I would have died from overdose. — Fernando Torres
A smoked salmon sandwich of a football match if ever there has been one. — Peter Drury
Football Match Image Quotes
Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.
Winning Football Match Quotes
When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will respond ‘I tried to win football matches.’ He will say: ‘Are you certain that’s all?’ But, well, that’s the story of my life. — Arsene Wenger
Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them. — Jose Mourinho
People say I'm hard, I'm Mr Angry. I'm this, I'm that. I just want to win matches. There's no point going out there and being Mr Nice Guy. We get 55,000 at Old Trafford and I don't think they want fellas going out there and thinking: Ah, if we lose, so what? — Roy Keane
Football, beer, and above all gambling, filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.
I do feel that I have unfinished business in the Premier League and now is the right time to return. I considered all the other offers very carefully and I firmly believe that Chelsea is the best choice. They match my footballing ambitions with their hunger and desire to win trophies. — Cesc Fabregas
I will do whatever it takes to win a football match. — Stuart Pearce
In a utopia you want to win matches by several goals and by playing a wonderful brand of football. But that's utopia. — Stuart Pearce
That's the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry.
Forest have now lost six matches without winning. — David Coleman
Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goalo. — David Coleman
There's only one plan in football: win you next match. — Johnny Giles
Four wins in four matches. It could not be better... the world is fantastic. — Jose Mourinho
Going To Football Match Quotes
Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind. — Roy Keane
Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose? — Lesley Garrett
If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory. — John Curtin
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.
The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known. — Gary Lineker
[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important. — John Sutherland
I used to go play football matches in the morning, and Id go straight from me football game to a dance competition. — Tristan MacManus
Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some - or occasionally lose. — David Pleat
If you don't score you are not going to win a match. — Bobby Robson
Man Of The Match Quotes
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. — Muhammad Ali
The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match man's metabolic energy to the impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, man outstrips the efficiency of not only all machines but all other animals as well. — Ivan Illich
For Irishmen, there is no football game to match rugby and if all our young men played rugby not only would we beat England and Wales but France and the whole lot of them put together. — Eamon de Valera
Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care. — Charles Darwin
Your Olympic Hero is scheduled to wrestle a match against the man they call the big red retard; not that I have anything against retarded people cause I don't. As a matter of fact, I have a lot of retarded fans out there that admire and respect your Olympic Hero, and I wish them well. — Kurt Angle
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. — Seneca
A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation. — Donald Horne
I must admit that I haven't heard of the Duchess of Erat before." "You're a fortunate man," Wolf said. "She's a great beauty," the man said admiringly. "And has a temper to match," Wolf told him. "I noticed that," the guard said. "We noticed you noticing," Silk told him slyly. — David Eddings
Government mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow-subjects. — Joseph Addison
Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection. — Ming-Dao Deng
Football Game Quotes
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
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
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
Football Team Quotes
You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team. — Eric Cantona
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
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
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
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
If I know that I am the tiniest speck of dust around for a split second only, then why was I so upset when my fantasy football team lost on Sunday? — Tim Urban
Sports Football Quotes
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. — Henry Van Dyke
Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day. — Ray Lewis
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
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
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
Football Field Quotes
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field. — Walter Payton
My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He's inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination - but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field. — Snoop Dogg
Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score. — Tim Tebow
I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game. — Roy Clark
The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts. — Darrell Royal
I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game. — Roy Clarke
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? — Jim Bouton
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds. — Sachin Tendulkar
To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game. — Jerry Rice
Football Player Quotes
It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one in… and he's a villain. — Ian Rush
If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd be a hard choice. Thankfully, i've done both — George Best
Football is like a religion to me. I worship the ball, and I treat it like a god. Too many players think of a football as something to kick. They should be taught to caress it and to treat it like a precious gem. — Pele
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
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence. — Bobby Charlton
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
Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet. — Ronaldo
It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners. — Roberto Baggio
What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment. — Thierry Henry
Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life. — George Best
We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us. — Ruud Gullit
I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford. — George Best
When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball 3 minutes on average ... So, the most important thing is: what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines wether you're a good player or not. — Sayings
Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears. — Bill Shankly
The little boy inside me was screaming 'Manchester United'. United breathes football... the perfect match for me. — Robin van Persie
If you come out with racist comments, then I believe you shouldn't be allowed to come to a football match. Don't be so narrow minded, you're bigger than that. — Rio Ferdinand
Is it unprecedented for two goalkeepers employed in a match comprising seven goals to be the fixture's most competent protagonists? — Pete Gill
For a football coach, there's nothing that matches the pain of a team not playing up to its capabilities. — Joe Greene
There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match. — Brian Clough
If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks. — Jeremy Clarkson
When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match. — Gael Garcia Bernal
Liverpool are currently halfway through an unbeaten twelve-match run — Alan Parry
The substitutes are all on the bench, and that's where they'll start the match. — Barry Davies
The match will be shown on Match of the Day later this evening and if you don't want to know the result look away now as we show you Tony Adams lifting the cup for Arsenal. — Steve Rider
The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football. — Johan Cruijff
It's Brazil 2 Scotland 1, so Scotland are back where they were at the start of the match — Barry Davies
This is a good way to do it (saying goodbye to Victoria Park). What a perfect way to end the Millennium. The last football home and away match of the Millennium will be at Victoria Park, and in the new Millennium we'll have fantastic facilities, a new approach, a new attitude. — Eddie McGuire
We bought good footballers. But many haven't got it, that football is a running and fighting sport. Against Bayern every team outdoes itself. And we do too little to counter that... We need a couple of attack dogs. Sometimes I sit on the bench and think, 'Man, is this a friendly match?' — Otto Rehhagel
With civilized men..., it is, I think, chiefly love of excitement which makes the populace applaud when war breaks out; the emotion is exactly the same as at a football match, although the results are sometimes somewhat more serious. — Bertrand Russell
To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt. — Diego Maradona
The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important. — Bobby Robson
I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say. — Andy Partridge
When I went to college, I wanted to major in kinesiology. That's what I wanted to do, but just the way our schedule matched up - our football schedule and the college of kinesiology - all the classes were in the morning and football practice was in the morning. So there was no way for me to take all the classes that I needed to. Once I got into those core classes, it would have been hard for me to do it. — Randall Cobb
I believe it is right when not only me, but also my colleagues - the prime minister, ministers, deputies of the State Duma - when they, like today, for example, participate in two marathons, when they visit football matches, when they themselves take part in sport competitions. That is how, inter alia, millions of people start feeling interest in and love for fitness and sports. I believe it is extremely important. — Vladimir Putin
My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches, that's how intense she is about it. — Chris Hardwick
A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player such as Bossis, Baresi or Baggio for the rest of his career. — Michel Patini
Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the Premier League and in the whole of Europe.
The things I have seen him do since I have been in Manchester have been incredible, amazing.
It is just like a total show in training and even in the matches.
This kid will one day arrive at the very top in the world of football - if he isn't there already - because he makes the most difficult plays look easy. — Henrik Larsson
Everyone thinks footballers have it easy and at this time of year see loads of pictures of players relaxing on beaches and in bars but what they don't see is most of them will be doing their own fitness regimes. If you don't you will get back and you will be off the pace, might get injured and won't play football matches. — Colin Kazim-Richards
I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation. — Gabriel Byrne
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