Quotes About Football

It doesn't matter whether it's the 93rd minute, Giggsy is making his jinky, mazy little runs. You could forgive him for maybe not coming out training every day, because he's done so much in the game, but every day he's out there. He doesn't seem to need a rest.

Special teams get the shaft when most people talk football. Unless a kicker's bombing a game-winner or a return man is going the distance, that important third of the game is all but forgotten.

My dad played football, too, in the former Yugoslavia.

It doesn't get much more Arkansas than being a former Arkansas Razorback football player.

If you talk to my former coaches, they'll tell you that I'm really smart on the football field.

You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen.

There has been a lot of emotion back and forth around moving from Panathinaikos. Most people know what I feel about that club.

Liverpool is such a big club, and I was fortunate to be one of a select few to have played for them. It was an amazing time.

I've been very fortunate to be with Coach Saban this long, learned a lot of football from him. It's been kind of the key to my personal success out of the places that I've coached.

I kept an eye on Chelsea's fortunes after they first tried to sign me.

I still follow Chelsea's fortunes.

When you don't give the forwards the service, then it's difficult for them to score. Not everyone's a Gareth Bale.

Passion? Of course it's necessary, but it's more important to have footballing foundations, certainly, when developing players.

If people don't know what a punter is in football, they're not going to know what a fourth down kicker is, either.

I have a big frame to fend off some defenders and buy some time as I wait for guys to get open.

England against France is such a massive match; you can't get much bigger than that in European football. It's a huge rivalry.

Why PSG? Because to leave United, the biggest team in England, you need something like PSG, which is the biggest in France. I could not play in another English club.

The level here in England is much higher than in France.

I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career.

My dream is to retire as a San Francisco 49er.

Well, I am never going to forget the players, the loyal coaches and the memories that I have of being a part of the San Francisco 49er team.

I had many good managers: Wim Jansen, Martin O'Neill, Frank Rijkaard, and Alex Ferguson, to name just a few.

I really admire Zinedine Zidane and Frank Lampard. They are really skilful, and I like the way they shoot from distance.

Frank Rijkaard put me in the first team when I was 17 and gave me every week the chance to play with the first team and start my way in football. I was so young and my dreams came true so quickly thanks to Rijkaard.