Quotes About Football

Ibrahimovic? In my opinion, Ibra is the best striker in Europe. It makes me laugh when people say he misses crucial chances.

Obviously, I did enjoy my football - it was just that I was missing out with friends. But they are the sacrifices that sometimes you have to make as a footballer, to make it.

Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they don't miss it and don't ask for it. It becomes self-perpetuating. They don't know what they're missing.

I think football saves many people. It can give you a life of luxury, but people don't see all the effort that goes in behind the scenes. That might mean not seeing your family or missing your mother's birthday; many players are so focused that they miss the birth of their children.

My mission is to be kept on by Milan. Nobody wants to stay with the Rossoneri for only for one season.

The Chiefs have played an important role not just in Kansas City and Missouri but throughout the history of football.

Don't misunderstand,' he said, 'there's pressure with every football game... Sometimes players, coaches, teams put pressure on themselves when they don't have to.

If Ryan Giggs was plying his trade and been the player he had been here in a foreign league, he would go straight from playing to an AC Milan or Inter Milan or any top European club out of the mix.

I see myself as a mix between number six and number eight in central midfield - this is the best position for me, as a box-to-box midfielder.

The one I liked to watch and follow was Iniesta, because Iniesta is a mix between an eight and a 10. It is a way I can do better, between eight and 10. It is the guy who always likes to have the ball, take the risks, and I think Iniesta was one of the best in the world.

In football, strength can only succeed when mixed with agility, balance, speed and intelligence about what's going on around you. But, without strength, I wouldn't be here.

Football has molded me in many ways, and I've had great experiences. But when I step back, I know that football is not what drives me. It's not really what's important.

I don't believe in having friends on the field. I mean, my brother, my dad, my mom, grandma was out there, it's on. After the game we can be cool. It doesn't matter. That's how I feel like you've got to respect the game of football.

I love football, but I also want to give back. I want to take care of kids and single moms, so it's not only about playing football. I want my life to matter in that way.

Monaco have been very important for me. It's the club that has helped me into the Selecao.

I'm happy to have returned to Monaco.

The facts are, the reality is, you can't really enjoy it. You win a football match and by the time you get to Saturday night, having a beer or a Chinese, you're already thinking about Monday morning, the next game.

Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.

Joe Montana was a guy I enjoyed watching.

I grew up in Montana and played football my whole life.

Joe Montana was my favorite. I just thought he was the best at the time. He wasn't playing too, too much when I got into high school or anything, but he was just a winning guy and he played very consistent football.

I was a San Francisco fan when Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott and those guys where there. And I watched Joe Montana get cut and go to K.C. and still ball.

Brett Favre was one of my favorite players. Joe Montana, obviously, was great.

When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.