Football Quotes - Page 24

• There's more to me than football. It's just part of my life.

  Chad Pennington

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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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• I approach football like a street-ball game, like I'm playing with the fellas in the yard.

  Simeon Rice

  Games, Yards, Balls

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• After the game, I'm a completely different person. I drink some beers with friends and try to get my mind completely off football.

  Jeremy Shockey

  Beer, Games, Mind

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• Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

  George Allen

  Team, Special, Defense

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• Ken Bates is a football cretin.

  Martin O'Neill

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• Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the Premier League and in the whole of Europe.
  The things I have seen him do since I have been in Manchester have been incredible, amazing.
  It is just like a total show in training and even in the matches.
  This kid will one day arrive at the very top in the world of football - if he isn't there already - because he makes the most difficult plays look easy.

  Henrik Larsson

  Kids, Cristiano Ronaldo, Player

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• Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different.

  Tom Sizemore

  Writing, Play, People

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• You have to be on the pitch to play football.

  Gerry Francis

  Play

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• Thomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand.

  Gordon Strachan

  Thinking, Hands, Play

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• Peter Crouch, the Marmite of football.

  Derek Rae

  Peter, Marmite

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• I love Thanksgiving. I truly do. Every last thing about it is wonderful. I love getting together with family and friends. I love the meal. I love the football. I love the four-day weekend without having anything that particularly has to get done. And of course, I love the fundamental idea behind it-giving thanks for all the good people and good things in your life.

  Bill Richardson

  Weekend, Ideas, Giving

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• Thanksgiving is not just a warm, cozy holiday. It's not merely a time of recreation and relaxation and watching football all day. As we give thanks, we need to put our mind, soul and spirit into our thanks and into our praise.

  Tony Evans

  Holiday, Giving, Soul

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• They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.

  Bear Bryant

  Losing, Teach, Brutal

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• Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

  Didier Drogba

  People, Together, Excitement

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• I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.

  Reggie Bush

  Player, Cameras, Shy

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• There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.

  Ryan Giggs

  Careers, Next, Strive

  "EXCLUSIVE: When Gary met Ryan... 'I've never, ever experienced a shock like that on the football pitch,' says Giggs on United's Champions League exit". Interview with Gary Neville, www.dailymail.co.uk. March 9, 2013.

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• God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.

  Joe Gibbs

  Play, People, Made

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• I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world

  Lionel Messi

  Player, Scoring Goals, World

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• That charity fund, inside and outside Scotland is a very important identity of Celtic Football Club.

  Fergus McCann

  Scotland, Important, Identity

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• Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.

  Fergus McCann

  Book, Pride, Helping Others

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• Scottish football is full of hammer throwers.

  Graeme Souness

  Hammers, Scottish, Throwers

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• My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or an actor. As an actor, I hoped I would be able to bond the two.

  Matt Barr

  Dad, Athlete, College

  Source: collider.com

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• Football is an art form in itself. All sports are.

  Chris Zylka

  Sports, Art, Form

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.

  Abhishek Bachchan

  Sports, Believe, Pride

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