Quotes About Football

I love football and the intensity of football in Liverpool, this is what is very good for me.

At Burnley, I'd enjoy myself with my missus and friends, but because at Tottenham we're playing Saturday-Tuesday, even Wednesday-Sunday, and with the intensity we play at, playing in the Champions League, we can't afford to have a night out.

I love English football because of its brilliant atmosphere, intensity of the competition and the culture of respect that fans and players have for the game.

In football I think if you don't have the intention to touch the ball and you have your arms in a natural position it is not handball.

Because I was called a flop ever since I got here, my only intention is to be part of Manchester United's history.

I am grateful to Guardiola for showing his interest and I hope in the future I can learn from him.

People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any.

Governments cannot interfere in football matters - Fifa suspends countries for that.

The great thing about football is that it's so fast, there are so few interruptions.

If you were ever to interview me after a football game or at a football game or around me during football season is totally different than when you catch me away from football.

People like myself, who have good credibility in the game and played at the very top level, you'd think would get a job or at least be given an interview, but you're not even getting an interview.

Every time I'm in a private interview with teams, I have an opportunity to get on the board, and every team's been impressed with my football IQ.

Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.

Sería que esta raza novelera desertó también de la Virgen? ¿Por el fútbol?

Being a woman is of special interest to aspiring male transexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football.

People often say that football and boxing are the ways out of the working class and they are your ticket out of that kind of life, if you happen to want to leave it. But, for me, the library is the key. That is where the escape tunnel is. All of the knowledge in the world is there. The great brains of the world are at your fingertips.

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.

Trailing 24–23 in the fourth quarter, and backed up on their own 1-yard line, the Patriots were forced to punt—only they didn't! Instead of punting, Belichick instructed long snapper Lonie Paxton to snap the ball out of the end zone. That would give the Broncos two points for the safety and a three-point lead, but the Patriots would be able to punt the ball from their 20-yard line instead of the back of their end zone.

The key to team success is trust" Bob Mayer said this in an article about indie publishing; he was referring to military ops. This also rings very true in football-missed assignments are more often the result of a lack of trust in the teammate next door than a lapse in memory.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.

In our family, mom and dad are Longhorns, our first two kids are Aggies and we're hoping our last one is a Longhorn. It gives us family fun on Thanksgiving Day.

He was simply the most intelligent football player I ever saw. If I had one player to choose, out of all of them, to save my life, he'd be the one.

Pelé fue el jugador más completo que he visto nunca. Magia en el aire. Rápido y potente, corría más que cualquier otro jugador. Parecía un gigante dentro del campo. Perfecto equilibrio y visión imposible.

Calvin Johnson, the New Jersey Dragons new general manager. Their dress shoes clacked