Quotes About Football

Social networking sites are an easy way to insult people. People have sent me messages saying that they are praying for me to get injured. Such messages are not nice, because I love playing football: I love playing for my club; I love playing football for Ghana.

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.

I try to look up as quickly as possible, try to read the situation, but football is so quick, it's just a split-second, and then you decide.

I don't go into a game thinking I'm going to run more than I'm going to pass. So it just depends on what the defense is going to bring in the situation of the game and what happens that play.

I've been on a number of NFL teams, and a lot of them address situational football. But I've never been around a team that does it as meticulously as the New England Patriots.

Teams like the Patriots stress situational football moreso than a lot of other teams in the NFL.

In certain situations, you have to be able to be more conscious of ball security than you do in the open field.

I am more mature now and know how to deal with certain situations in football. It's not all about highs; there are also lows, but I can deal with it. Football is a hard business.

We all laughed. It was more like that whole thing that I was talking about earlier. You go to training camp and after the season is over, you might not see the guys for six months until you go back to training camp.

It really doesn't matter whether you get picked first, second or in the sixth or seventh round. It's an amazing opportunity to play at this level.

I didn't want to go to Chelsea, because I wanted to play the Champions League and they were sixth in the league.

I never went overseas until I left school and joined West Ham United Football Club at the beginning of the Sixties.

I was fortunate to spend the Sixties working for one of the greatest football minds this country has ever produced: Ron Greenwood.

I was raised on an estate in an inner city school where people had a go about my size, people saying I am too big to play football - which still happens today - and I used that to inspire me.

I have a lot of interests outside of football like motorcross, skiing and enjoying experiences with my family.

I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career.

I have played football since I was five years old. This is my core skill and it will always remain so.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

When you play eleven a side, you might go through a game with very few touches, but with street football, you're always involved in the game, so it is a great way to improve your skill and to learn how to create and use space, as the pitch is very small.

You have to just have football knowledge. Without football knowledge, it doesn't matter how much skill you have.

Heading is a skill, and it would be a shame to lose that from the game. There is nothing more dramatic than when you see someone score a diving header, for instance.

I went to university - I never would have gone to university through football. I've got a degree. I've got a master's. I've met some amazing people, I've lived my dream. I've picked up so many skill sets that I never would have.

The thing that I loved most about football was the thing I hated the most. I loved the team, I loved the comradery, but I hated that 10 other guys had to have the same love, and heart, and drive, and skill and talent that I did in order to succeed.

Deco is a very skillful player. He thinks very fast on the pitch.