Quotes About Football

The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.

It's really an organizational job with a football team to watch them go through their day.

Football has always been a constant in my life and I'm excited about the unique opportunity to present America's favorite sport to fans in a new way. The XFL will create first-class organizations that local cities across the country will be proud of.

My origins are I was a massive fan of Johan Cruyff, massive fan of that Ajax team, and my father was. That sort-of led me to look at the aesthetics of football, rather than just the end result.

Football has very direct and strong connections to New Orleans. The game of football has served as a positive beacon in our city. It has given our citizens hope in tough, trying times.

I talked to Oscar about Shanghai SIPG before he made the move.

We want to make our dreams come true and the Champions League is a dream for all of us.

I don't think Pele was the ultimate hero for our generation, he is the ultimate hero of every generation of Brazilians.

Pele was the best of his era, Diego Maradona was the Pele of the Eighties, and Ronaldinho is the Pele of our time.

If you look at Arsenal today, I really enjoy watching them play - they play some really good football - but that is not enough to win football matches or to win competitions. But in our time, we were winning, and we had the strength to not play well but somehow manage to win the game 1-0.

As soon as I heard of Common Goal I knew this was a chance for football to improve our world and I wanted to be part of it.

We never seem to make things easy for ourselves at Everton, and at City, it was the same, having to come from behind to get ahead in the big games.

I didn't think I'd be playing football at 31 so it's a blessing just to be able to come out here and compete.

The reason why I play 'Madden' is because in 'Madden,' I can control everything, and in the game of life and the game of football, you can't. It's kind of like an outlet.

I'd love to be a consultant and help design an offense. That's my true passion, and I want to find an outlet where I can do that.

I think the state of the NFL has a very positive outlook.

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

You look at the Harry Kanes: although he's absolutely ruthless inside the box, he also scores goals outside the box.

To an outsider, understanding an NFL playbook is like trying to read Japanese.

There are a lot of seasons when Porto have been outstanding.

Eddie George was outstanding early.

Ronaldinho is another special player, probably amongst the most talented players I have worked with. At Barcelona, he was outstanding.

Neuer is by far the best keeper I've played with and is also outstanding outfield.

Kevin Keegan is an outstanding individual and also did his best. It wasn't always easy for Kevin at the football club. We didn't have the structure around that we should have had to support him. I will take responsibility for that.