Football Quotes

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. When we were playing in the street, it was more touch football, so we didn't hit each other into cars.
Barry Sanders

Playing, Touch, Kid

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
Barry Sanders

Kid, Played, Share

Life doesn't stop with football.
Barry Sanders

Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
Barry Sanders

Happiness, Good, Happy

I'm a sports guy. Football, God, I flip out.
David Boreanaz

God, Sports, Guy

But I just want to be known for my football.
Jamie Redknapp

A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.
John O. Brennan

Good, Made, Play

I grew up in Texas, obviously a huge football state.
Drew Brees

State, Texas, Huge

There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world.
Diego Maradona

Playing, Hundreds

If you don't want to play clean football then go up into the stands.
Diego Maradona

Play, Clean, Stands

Things are neither clear nor clean in the world of football right now and many people recognise this reality.
Diego Maradona

Reality, Nor, Clear

Many people agree with me that many things are not clear in football these days and it is not something people who watch football deserve. The situation will be the same while football is run by people who do not understand football.
Diego Maradona

Understand, Same, While

To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.
Diego Maradona

Someone, Hard, Country

I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.
Diego Maradona

Bad, Real, Seen

My dad was a sports writer when I was younger and then he became just a general columnist. But I grew up with him literally getting into brawls with football coaches.
Amy Klobuchar

Dad, Sports, Him

We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now.
Linda McCartney

Family, Win, Night

The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
Gary Lineker

Team, Sure, Opinions

I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
Gary Lineker

Good, Great, Find

I just think to be a manager you've got to live and breathe and have this incredible enthusiasm for football, the whole thing. And while I love the game, and it's been a large part of my life, it's not the only thing in my life.
Gary Lineker

Life, Love, Live

I was on the football team because I wanted to experience the different iconic social classes of high school. So football for me was an attempt to socially integrate in an interesting way. And then I didn't like it anymore and stopped doing it and focused more on drama and science and other forms of art and music.
Reggie Watts

Music, Art, Experience

I really do know football.
Aisha Tyler

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

Different, Through, Play

I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football.
Stephen Chow

Poor, Dream, Child

In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.
Danny McBride

Respect, Cool, School

I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.
Mark Cuban

Challenge, Off, Question

I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.
Clive Anderson

Money, Done, Enough

Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it's football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad - perfect for long airplane journeys.
Joshua Bell

Long, Perfect, Turn

I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.
Joe Scarborough

Alabama, Devoted

When I'm in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.
Joe Scarborough

Car, Wife, Down

When I finish playing football, I would like to work with kids and sleep!
Michael Strahan

Work, Sleep, Kids

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