Playing Football Quotes - Page 4

• There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succeed, anybody can play, but youve got to work hard to do it.

  Dean Cain

  Football, Hard Work, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Football, Eye, Light

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• My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.

  Rickey Henderson

  Mom, Baseball, Football

  Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech, delivered 26 July 2009, Cooperstown, OH

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• Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

  Burt Bacharach

  Football, Hell

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• Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.

  Eric Cantona

  Football, Wanted, Stills

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• I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.

  Eric Cantona

  Football, Done, Excited

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• There's far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don't realize. It's not just about playing football and getting paid to do it. There's a lot of things that you have to deal with.

  Robert Griffin III

  Football, Athlete, College

  "Robert 'RG3' Griffin III on Playing Football in a Political Town, Dream Pickup Game With Obama". Interview with Chris Moody, abcnews.go.com. November 28, 2012.

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• This is what you should do, let it rest. I'm playing football for LSU. I'm preparing for R-Kansas. I'm preparing for the next game, and the next game after that.

  Les Miles

  Football, Memorable, Lsu

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• It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things.

  Lionel Messi

  Football, Issues, People

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• I would like to lose some of the weight that I have put on since I stopped playing football.

  John Barnes

  Football, Ambition, Weight

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• Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience.

  Hillary Clinton

  Girl, Baseball, Football

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• I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.

  Brett Favre

  Football, Believe, Eight

  "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Football, Children, Couple

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• I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school.

  Ed O'Neill

  Girl, Sports, Football

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• Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

  Wayne Rooney

  Football, Dad, Doe

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• I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Leadership, Football, Children

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• Sophomore year, I got hit in the stomach playing football, and I was out of school for four months. I was in the hospital for two and then out of school for two.

  Chad Michael Murray

  Football, School, Years

  "Getting to Know: Chad Michael Murray". Interview with Audrey Fine, www.seventeen.com. February 5, 2007.

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• Whether we meditate individually or collectively, there is one thing we absolutely must do: we have to meditate consciously. Making an unconscious effort is like forcing oneself to play football in spite of one's utmost unwillingness. One plays, but gets no joy. Conscious effort is like playing football most willingly. One gets real joy. Similarly, conscious meditation gives us inner Delight from the soul.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Football, Real, Play

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• I love playing football. I started playing for a school team, which is fun, and I play a lot of five a side. I nowhere near good enough to go professional but it's definitely one of my main hobbies. I play three times a week.

  Matthew Lewis

  Football, Fun, Team

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I spend a lot of my downtime studying different businesses and learning from a lot of entrepreneurs when I'm not playing football. They can help me evaluate different ventures to see if they'll work. I was aggressive with my initial investments, trying to hit a homerun each time. But now, I'm stepping back and being more patient, giving them due diligence.

  Kamerion Wimbley

  Football, Giving, Entrepreneur

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• My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.

  Ian McShane

  Soccer, Football, Teacher

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• There's something amazing about tea. It's good before a meal, after a meal, when drunk, when taking drugs, while playing football and after being called a poof in the street.

  Noel Fielding

  Football, Drunk, Drug

  "Life on a Plate: Noel Fielding". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2010.

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• I always want to be the best at what I do. As a kid, whatever I was doing, if I was playing football or whatever I was applying my energy to at the time, I always wanted to do it to the best of my abilities. And I was always interested in finding out how I could do it better.

  Lewis Hamilton

  Football, Kids, Energy

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• Keeping fit is really important as playing football is all I've ever wanted to do.

  David Beckham

  Football, Important, Fit

  "Beckham back in skimpy bodywear ads for H&M". Interview with Samantha Critchell, newsok.com. February 6, 2013.

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• Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, 'Hey man, this is what is.' I reached my goal, my dream, my life. I think, 'God, it's got to be more than this.' I mean this isn't, this can't be what it's all cracked up to be. I love playing football and I love being quarterback for this team. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of other parts about me that I'm trying to find.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Dream, Team

  Interview with Daniel Schorn, www.cbsnews.com. November 4, 2005.

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