Quotes About Football

The simple fact is there are no laws you can pass to stop people racially abusing black footballers. So the solution is to come up with something that doesn't make people want to abuse black footballers in the first place.

For me, it's easier to play with my right foot. It's simple. If I go right, I see Diego and have different solutions: I go alone or pass to Diego, or the midfield can join in. If I go the other way, the cross with my left foot is not good.

Football is an extraordinarily popular sport, and the whole game is played around this issue. The whole makeup of the game involves these subconcussive hits. I don't know how they're going to solve that problem. I don't think they know how they're going to solve that problem.

As a young centre-back at Ajax, I played with Wim Jansen, and of course you learn a huge amount. I made some mistakes, because we Dutchmen want to solve situations by playing football. So we look at the ball, try to judge where it will come.

There are always communicative problems when you play football. It is part of the game. It is a problem you need to solve.

My life's pretty simple. Look at hours and hours of film to try to find some things that will work on Saturday. Try to have a good practice every day. Use the offseason to recruit and build the culture of the locker room. That's my deal.

Some things are ridiculous and just as us players and coaches need to improve, so does VAR.

VAR exposes everything. Before we didn't have the possibility of seeing some things that we now see. The referees are people who can be wrong as well.

In life you cannot accept some things, but football has given me a lot and a great passion.

I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.

That is one of the things I dream about for myself: to receive the 'golden ball' someday.

When I'm retired someday, when I'm done playing football, that's when I'll be relaxing and look back at some things.

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.

I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's my last day ever playing it. I do like football, but you've got to respect that it's not like baseball.

I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.

I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.

Wie fühlen Sie sich?', fragte der Arzt. 'Etwas in Sorge, ehrlich gesagt. Ich habe geträumt, dass mich Jesus Christus besucht und wir ein langes, tiefgehendes Gespräch geführt haben.' 'Worüber?' 'Hauptsächlich über Fußball.

I was quite small as a lad compared to everyone else so I didn't stand a chance at Southampton. They told me one day that they weren't interested so I moved on. I just went away and enjoyed my football.

I'm just a lad who likes playing football. I'm not bothered about anything else.

I hate for people to think that I have only played for West Ham because I am the local lad and people make allowances for me.

I always hoped I'd get a chance to prove myself at the top level because I believed I could do it, but making your way up the football ladder is very tough.

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.

It's football. You're going to get laid out eventually.

I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.