Football Greats Quotes

Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football. ~ Ondino Viera

Confidence gets you off to a fast start. Confidence gets you that first job and maybe the next two promotions. But confidence stops you from learning. Confidence becomes a caricature after a while. I can't tell you how many confident blowhards I've seen in my coaching career who never get better after the age of forty." -- Bill Walsh ~ Rich Karlgaard

I know the questions will be around the money, the amount Chelsea had to spend to bring him here but that's the reality of modern football. Big teams only want big players, big players are in big clubs, big clubs want to keep their big players. ~ Jose Mourinho

The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well. ~ Jerry Rice

It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me. ~ Doug Flutie

If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education. ~ John Malkovich

Whenever I think of baseball, the first name that comes to mind is Babe Ruth. What the Babe was to baseball, Shula is to football coaching. There are certain figures in sports who are larger than the games they play or coach, and Don Shula is one of those. ~ Marv Levy

If we can choose where to cry, at home or with a few people who will be fully understanding, perhaps we will feel easier. But if we can't - if we are in church and a hymn catches us off guard, or at a football game and we remember being there with a son or daughter now gone - well, the earth is our home and we can cry where we want. ~ Martha Whitmore Hickman

You can't get out-fought and out-desired. I don't want to see that again. I won't tolerate less than 100 percent desire. I'm their manager, not their babysitter. ~ Tim Sherwood

I teach our young men that respect is earned each day on the practice field, in the classroom, and how each young man lives his life. ~ George M. Gilbert

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men. Men respond to leadership in a most remarkable way and once you have won his heart, he will follow you anywhere. ~ Vince Lombardi

In the dug-out, on the bench. The Anfield bench. Bill stared out at the players of Liverpool Football Club on the pitch. The Anfield pitch. In the sun, the players of Liverpool Football Club shining. In the sun, in their kits. Their red shirts, their white shorts. And their white socks. And in the dug-out, on the bench. The Anfield bench. Bill heard the whistle blow, Bill heard the crowd roar. The Anfield crowd. ~ David Peace

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

This club needs an impetus of energy - but I just feel tired to be honest. I'm worn out. ~ Ian Holloway

I reserve the right to change my mind. But once I decide on something, I'm going to need a good reason to switch. ~ Deacon Jones

I was convinced before the game that we had a very good chance but today was what you would call in Germany a blackout. ~ Felix Magath

I like football. I like baseball. When the pitcher and the batter start fighting, that's the best. ~ Pablo Francisco

Adjectives are used as nouns ("greats," "notables"). Nouns are used as verbs ("to host"), or they are chopped off to form verbs ("enthuse," "emote"), or they are padded to form verbs ("beef up," "put teeth into"). This is a world where eminent people are "famed" and their associates are "staffers," where the future is always "upcoming" and someone is forever "firing off" a note. Nobody in America has sent a note or a memo or a telegram in years. Famed diplomat Condoleezza Rice, who hosts foreign notables to beef up the morale of top State Department staffers, sits down and fires off a lot of notes. Notes that are fired off are always fired in anger and from a sitting position. What the weapon is I've never found out. ~ William Zinsser

I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me. ~ David Beckham

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision. ~ Lionel Messi

The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball. ~ Champ Bailey

I wanted to play football all my life, and when I got accepted to Florida State, it was academically - it wasn't for any kind of scholarship. I kind of sat down and said, 'I'm not going to make it to the NFL. I'm not the size nor the skill.' ~ Matt Cohen

Doing the right thing is important, which is where strategy comes in. But doing that thing well - execution - is what sets companies apart. After all, every football play is designed to go for a huge gain. The reason it doesn't is because of execution - people drop balls, miss blocks, go to the wrong place, and so forth. So, success depends on execution - on the ability to get things done. ~ Jeffrey Pfeffer

I'm sorry, Alabama fans. I'm from New York and didn't watch football growing up. ~ Dominique Easley

RIP Sir Alfredo Di Stefano. I will never forget each of the shared moments with such a football legend. ~ Sergio Ramos

And with just 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0. ~ Ian Darke

There is nothing you can be doing in lacrosse on your own in the fall that would be better for you than going to football or soccer practice every day. You can go bang a ball against a wall all you want, but how do you become a better team player? By playing other team sports. ~ Dom Starsia

Football is played best full of adrenaline and anger. Moderation seldom finds a place. Almost every act of baseball is a blending of effort and control; too much of either is fatal. ~ Thomas Boswell

What I did, you know, being away from my family, letting so many people down. I let myself down, not being out on the football field, being in a prison bed, in a prison bunk, writing letters home, you know. That wasn't my life. ~ Michael Vick

I knew I loved football before I even played it. Uh, but the first time I stepped out on the field playing for the Lakeshore Redskins, I knew that I loved this game. I knew that this was something I wanted to do. And I was only 6 years old, but I loved it. ~ Tim Tebow

As long as the human race is able to concern itself with more than mere survival, soccer will have its place. ~ Desmond Morris

Sometimes in football you deserve to win but lose. Other times you deserve to lose or draw but you win. That is the game, and it's why I've always said you should never try to predict anything in football, especially in Europe. ~ Mario Balotelli

It's like football. Two sides may each want to beat the other, they may even hate each other as sides, but if someone came and told them football is stupid and not worth playing or caring about, then they'd feel together. It's feeling that matters. ~ John Fowles

There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer. ~ Tom Wopat