Football Quotes - Page 23

• Football is my life. There is no question about that.

  Chad Ochocinco

  Fossils

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• In football, you're taught to react by being aggressive, taught to react with violence. If you can't separate that on the field and off the field, you're going to be in a lot of trouble in your life.

  Troy Polamalu

  Fields, Violence, Taught

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• In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.

  Adam Dunn

  Baseball, Single Mom, Games

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• Football is what I love, and I know I can do it, too.

  Joey Harrington

  I Can Do It, Knows, Can Do

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• All I have to do is play football now.

  Vince Young

  Play

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• Trust me-the day I'm not into football, I'll walk away.

  Edgerrin James

  Trust Me, Walks

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• I really find myself doing a lot better when I'm injured, so sometimes I look forward to it. This is the style that I play-being physical, running the football, making adjustments on the pass, avoiding the rush. Those sorts of things go with the total package of a quarterback.

  Steve McNair

  Running, Play, Style

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• I'm not the prototype wide receiver. But I like to think I'm one hell of a football player.

  Hines Ward

  Player, Thinking, Hell

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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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• 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 want to be remembered as a championship football player.

  Brian Urlacher

  Player, Want, Championship

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.

  Julius Peppers

  Basketball, Jobs, Believe

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