Football Quotes - Page 31

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

  Randy Moss

  Player, League, Best Players

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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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• All I have to do is play football now.

  Vince Young

  Play

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• It's freaking football. There are going to be big hits. I don't understand how they can do this after one weekend of hitting. And I can't understand how they can suspend us for it. I think it's a bunch of bull.

  Brian Urlacher

  Weekend, Player, Thinking

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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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• 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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• To me probably the biggest disappointments, as far as a football career goes, is I feel like I didn't live up to my potential, and I didn't win a Super Bowl ring.

  Donte Stallworth

  Disappointment, Winning, Rings

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

  Joe Gibbs

  Play, People, Made

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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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• 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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