Quotes About Football

Conte was a big factor in me coming to Chelsea, his passion for football and to win games was something that I looked at and I wanted to be a part of.

Football is a passion and I could not live that in Arabian football.

I like being... in Kansas City. People are extremely nice, extremely passionate about the Chiefs.

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.

With Ronaldo in the league, people will be passionate again about Serie A.

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

The NFL is not a national pastime. It's a national addiction.

Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the Ripkens, the Griffeys, the Bondses, so on. But football is the real paternal game, because it's a conveyor belt of father figures, in the form of coaches.

I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.

There's nothing more pathetic than listening to a football game over the Internet, but I've done that.

The enjoyment of playing football gave me a positive pathway, but I could have taken a very different path.

I believe that patience is fundamental in football. It is difficult as sometimes patience is not there. You must have a clear idea and a path you want to take.

Time is always important; sometimes time doesn't always go along with patience. It is always important. You have to deal with it. It's part of football. Every decision is judged.

All Patriot fans despise Goodell.

So much of my development as a football player and as a man has been here in New England, and it's an honor to hopefully be able to finish my career here and be a Patriot for life.

I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.

I've been brought up with a family that is patriotic and loved the Scotland-England games so to see it first hand when we played down there at Wembley and lost 3-2, with goals from set pieces, it was hard to take.

Patriots Nation is loud, they have sick accents.

I do not know a lot about football. I guess I'm a Patriots fan because I'm from Boston? But I'm getting to know a lot more about it, and I'm finding it fascinating.

When you play a great team like the Patriots, you can only kick so many field goals and stay in the game.

I grew up as a Ravens fan, and I liked the Patriots, too.

I can say playing for the New England Patriots has been the highlight of my life.

I grew up in Connecticut, so obviously I'm a Patriots fan.

To have on a Patriots jersey on and score, it was big for me.