Football Quotes - Page 23

• I really enjoyed high-school football, but I didn't really enjoy college football. I liked to play the games, but I didn't like the practice. In baseball, I enjoy the practice almost as much as the games.

  Todd Helton

  Baseball, School, College

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• I love football in the rain. That is what it's all about.

  Brian Urlacher

  Rain, I Love Football

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• I like to think of myself as a regular guy, except I play football for a living. I try not to be an arrogant turd out there.

  Brian Urlacher

  Thinking, Play, Guy

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• I want to be remembered as a championship football player.

  Brian Urlacher

  Player, Want, Championship

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• I like to watch good football so I like to watch good players. I like Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Wayne Rooney.

  Neymar

  Cristiano Ronaldo, Player, Iniesta

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• The game of football really is more cerebral than most people think. To be successful, it takes more than just strength and speed; it takes versatility, intelligence, and ability to think quickly and calmly, to adapt to every situation.

  Ray Rice

  Successful, Thinking, Games

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• The stronger women get, the more men love football.

  Mariah Nelson

  Sports, Men, Stronger

  "The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football". Book by Mariah Nelson, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1994.

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• Too often girls accept that of course the boys will get better lighting and seating at their sports events, of course the football team will get more attention, privileges, and space in the yearbook. We need to teach girls to look around and notice when they're being treated like second-class citizens, and then to insist on equal treatment.

  Mariah Nelson

  Girl, Sports, Team

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• Play more than one sport in high school. If you play, say, football and basketball, you can learn to be physical and you can take those physical aspects of both sports and become better in both sports. Basketball players use some of the same skills football players do and vice versa.

  Antonio Gates

  Basketball, Sports, School

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• If I had stayed with football in college, I probably would have been a first-round pick.

  Antonio Gates

  College, Firsts, Has Beens

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• High school football in Detroit was not easy at all. There were talented players everywhere.

  Antonio Gates

  School, Player, Detroit

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• I have a soft side that I like people to see. I'm not mean. That's just football. That's just the way you've got to go. You can't go into a game that is that violent and be soft. You can't be that way.

  Brandon Jacobs

  Mean, Games, People

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• The stuff I went through at Auburn? It didn't matter anymore. I just wanted to play football.

  Brandon Jacobs

  Play, Auburn, Matter

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• I fought as a kid. But football is what kept me out of trouble. You could always fight, whether you're in trouble or not

  Brandon Jacobs

  Kids, Fighting, Trouble

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• For a long time, I was more involved in basketball, baseball and golf. My parents didn't push me into football when I was a little kid, but they coaxed me into trying it as a 10th grader.

  Marc Bulger

  Basketball, Baseball, Kids

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• I don't take a day off. I don't slack. All I know is hard-nose football. There ain't no breaks or vacations for me.

  Corey Dillon

  Vacation, Days Off, Noses

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• It was fun, having speed and being able to jump. Especially playing football. I played wide receiver and defensive back.

  Jacoby Ellsbury

  Fun, Able, Speed

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• A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball.

  Matt Holliday

  Baseball, College, Play

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• Kicking the football and the soccer ball is all the same, just a different shape, like an egg. It doesn't make any difference.

  Sebastian Janikowski

  Soccer, Eggs, Differences

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• I'm a selfish football player. Each time the ball is snapped, I tell myself that I want to make that tackle, make that big play.

  Jevon Kearse

  Selfish, Player, Balls

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• I'm a guy here to play football. I'm not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I'm not into all that.

  Randy Moss

  Awards, Tv Shows, Play

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• Excluding nobody, I'm the best player in the National Football League.

  Randy Moss

  Player, League, Best Players

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• I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather than an indecent one.

  Michael Owen

  Player, Light, Want

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• That's where the challenge has been. Balancing football and life. Trying not to replay every play in my head while I'm with my family. Sometimes, I've done it well. Other times, I haven't.

  Chad Pennington

  Play, Challenges, Trying

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• I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.

  Chad Pennington

  College, Play, Tough

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