Football Quotes - Page 25

• You know sometimes football turns on the slightest biscuit of good fortune.

  David Pleat

  Biscuits, Sometimes, Fortune

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• When I was in Dutch and Italian football, a lot of people looked at Manchester United, and when they were asked who was the best player, a lot of them said Paul Scholes. Much of what he did looked simple, but actually it was quite hard. Invariably he controlled the ball instantly and passed it straight on, keeping the game moving. He made inch-perfect passes across the pitch; he saw the gaps and could play the ball through them. So it didn't surprise me that so many top-class international footballers recognized his quality.

  Edwin van der Sar

  Moving, Simple, Player

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• Funnily enough we have never had one enquiry for Paul Scholes. You know why? Because they all know he will never leave. in my time he would be in the top six or seven (best United players ever) without a doubt. His contribution and quality have been great, even without the fantastic goals he has scored. [ . . . ] He has that wonderful velvet touch on the ball. When he gets it, it goes stone dead. It is wonderful to see that amidst all the mayhem that can happen in a football match.

  Alex Ferguson

  Player, Goal, Doubt

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• Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

  Sven-Goran Eriksson

  Player, England, Balls

  "Sven: My Story". Book by Sven-Göran Eriksson, www.telegraph.co.uk. 2013.

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• Scholes was playing tiki-taka football when nobody in England knew what it was. He was another of those players, like Denis Law or Bobby Moore, who at 15 probably looked as if he wouldn't make it. Too small, you would think - can't run, dumpy little ginger nut - but then the ball would come to him and he would dazzle you. He was the best footballer in that Manchester United midfield, better than Ryan Giggs and Roy Keane.

  Harry Redknapp

  Running, Player, Thinking

  "A Man Walks On To a Pitch: Stories from a Life in Football". Book by Harry Redknapp, October 9, 2014.

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• Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football.

  Bobby Charlton

  Player, Spirit, Favourite

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• I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.

  Xabi Alonso

  Home, Player, Style

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think (fantasy football) has become something that needs to be looked at in terms of regulation. Effectively, it's day trading without any regulation at all. When you have insider information, which has apparently been the case, when you have people who use that information, use big data to try and take advantage of it, there has to be some regulation. If they can't regulate themselves, then the NFL needs to look at moving away from them a little bit, and there should be some regulation.

  Jeb Bush

  Moving, Thinking, Nfl

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• Christiano knows English, Messi knows football

  Fabio Capello

  Messi, Knows

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• There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.

  Carles Puyol

  Brain, Special, Messi

  "Time flies: Lionel Messi marks 10th anniversary of his Barcelona debut". m.espn.com. October 14, 2014.

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• Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  College, Needs, Vanderbilt

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• One of these days, someone smarter and younger and more articulate than I is going to get through to the American people just how really messed up the federal government has become. And when that happens, the American people are going to rise up like that football crowd in Cleveland and run both teams off the field.

  Zell Miller

  Running, Team, Government

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• One thing I don't understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Stupid, Average, Games

  "Playboy Interview 1994". Interview with Margy Rochlin, wiki.tarantino.info. 1994.

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• Rock bands are a lot like football teams: If a guy is on drugs and messes up, get someone else who's proud to wear the uniform and be part of the team.

  Gene Simmons

  Team, Rocks, Guy

  "Gene Simmons: 'I Don’t Like Handlers’". Interview with Carla Hay, sleazeroxx.com. June 6, 2004.

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• Some if it may seem hokey to some people, but if you traveled where I've traveled, done what I've done and seen the results that I've been getting, then you understand where I'm coming from. Playing in a football game is like being in 30-40 car accidents. You can find yourself in awkward positions. That stuff takes its toll. But if you take advantage of health care, balance your body back out, put it back where its supposed to be, you function better, and you recover faster.

  Emmitt Smith

  Games, Car, People

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• The game of business used to be like football: size mattered. Then it changed to basketball: speed and agility. Today, business is more like chess. Customer priorities change continually, and the signals given by these changes are vital clues to the next cycle of growth.

  Adrian Slywotzky

  Basketball, Games, Priorities

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• Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

  Johan Cruijff

  Mistake, Games, Loses

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• You come here to Anfield, you stand there and listen to that crowd, and it's the greatest sight in football.

  Harry Redknapp

  Sight, Anfield, Crowds

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• A day without football is a day lost.

  Ernst Happel

  Lost

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• People love a player with ideas, because at the end of the day, the crowd want to be entertained. And with football being only a game, it has to be enjoyable too.

  Ernst Happel

  Player, Games, Ideas

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• Nelson Mandela is my hero outside of football. I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times. He was really clued up on his football and he knew me, so that was just unbelievable. It really stuck with me.

  Ryan Giggs

  Couple, Hero, Enough

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• I come from a generation where I couldn't even contemplate such a thing. I find it amazing... You can become a multi-millionaire as a club player without playing international football. But international football is about individual pride and wanting to perform at the highest level. If I got picked at 41, I would have played, even if I thought I would make a fool of myself. I just wanted to play for my country.

  Trevor Brooking

  Country, Pride, Player

  "Reports of Peter Crouch England retirement amaze Sir Trevor Brooking". www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2011.

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• Al journalism should be investigative, from football to cookery

  John Pilger

  Als, Journalism, Should

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• The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted to tell about the time they dared to ask Borges what is poetry for, to which he answered: 'What is a sunrise for? What are caresses for? What is the smell of coffee for?'

  Jorge Valdano

  Coffee, Smell, Sunrise

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• Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.

  Johan Cruijff

  Sports, Home, Titles

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