Football Quotes - Page 30

• When I played football, I liked being a goalkeeper or a midfielder. I was probably better at cricket. I would be a very good cricketer if I was a professional now. I think I would probably have been the best, in fact.

  Usain Bolt

  Thinking, Would Be, Goalkeepers

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• When I was a kid, I'd watch pro football on TV and I'd see someone make a play and I'd say, 'I wish that could be me.' But then I'd have to wonder, 'Could I make that big play?'

  Terrell Owens

  Kids, Play, Wish

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• I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.

  Ricky Williams

  Player, Mature, Feels

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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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• Tight end is one of the hardest positions to play in football. It's right up there with quarterback and cornerback. You have to have the skills of a wide receiver and the strength of an offensive lineman, and it's not easy to balance those two.

  Tony Gonzalez

  Play, Skills, Two

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• I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid. I didn't want to hurt anyone.

  Tony Gonzalez

  Hurt, Nice, Kids

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• I love football. The games are a pure rush. By the time I'm done playing, I want to be among the best tight ends ever to play the game.

  Tony Gonzalez

  Games, Play, Done

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• It doesn't matter that I play football. Anybody can make a difference in life.

  Tony Gonzalez

  Play, Differences, Making A Difference

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

  Chad Ochocinco

  Fossils

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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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• I take pride in my life-my wife, my family. I try my best not to have football define the person that I am.

  Troy Polamalu

  Pride, Wife, Trying

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• The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.

  Troy Polamalu

  Wise, Tests

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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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• America needs football. It's a real blue-collar sport; it's played with a blue-collar mentality, a mentality that's the backbone of this country.

  Troy Polamalu

  Sports, Country, Real

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• Football is more important to me than money right now.

  A. J. Hawk

  Important, Right Now

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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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• What I try to do is create an energy, create an excitement, but at the same time keep everybody focused and realize it's still just a game, that we have to move the football.

  Joey Harrington

  Moving, Games, Trying

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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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• 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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• At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.

  Adam Dunn

  Baseball, Player, Thinking

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

  Brian Urlacher

  Rain, I Love Football

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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 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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