Football Players Quotes

The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out. — Robert Griffin III

Football players win football games. — Chuck Knox

Football isn't necessarily won by the best players. It's won by the team with the best attitude. — George Allen

I'd followed the strange deaths of pro football players for years, sensing something odd going on. — Peter Landesman

He's one of the greatest players in the world, if not one of the greatest anywhere. — Sky Andrew

I don't think there is any place in football for drinking. I have said on several occasions to players: You don't put diesel in a Ferrari. — Harry Redknapp

Two blue men the size of football players walking through a store wrapped in Roman gladiator armor was bound to attract attention. — Missy Lyons

Some of football's gaudiest displays of manliness are purely aesthetic. It's not what players do, it's how they look doing it. — J.R. Moehringer

Supporters have every divine right to slag your players off when they're not winning games. — Dean Windass

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue. — Joe Namath

I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it. — Chaske Spencer

Concussion? How the hell can they tell? They're *football* players, for chrissakes! — Dennis Miller

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence. — Bobby Charlton

Most players don't mind drug testing once they realize they don't have to study for it. — Mack Brown

Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers. — Ian Shoales

Football players should always remember there's a whole lot more to life. — Steve Largent

Much of modern liberalism consists of people trying to get revenge on the football players they felt inferior to in school. — Steve Sailer

How lucky I was to have played for the Pittsburgh Steelers fans. A proud, hard-working people, who loves their football, and their players. — Jack Lambert

Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do. — Bum Phillips

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be. — Jerry Rice

I was so self -conscious, every time football players went into a huddle, I thought they were talking about me. — Jackie Mason

You need players that stand for emotion in football. Football today is a game for television. — Berti Vogts

Football players throw a 3 pound ball in the air, but cheerleaders throw a 100 pound girl in the air and catch her. — John P. Harley

The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money. — Arsene Wenger

Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do - and 25 great players. — Marv Levy

Football is such a great game, but football players are so dull. — Steve Sabol

I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras

It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players. — Red Smith

I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players. — Pele

Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players. — Brian Bosworth

As football players, our bodies know exactly what time of year it is and what we need to be doing. — LaDainian Tomlinson

When Clemson players rub that rock and run down the hill, it's the most exciting 25 seconds in college football. — Brent Musburger

The NFL draft is going to be this Thursday. That's a huge night for college players. That's the night they start being paid over the table. — Jay Leno

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes. — Ruud Gullit

Football players are busy (with) study halls and tutoring. Well, anyway, at South Carolina they are. I don't know about all these other schools. — Steve Spurrier

Some of their players are internationals; some play for their national team. — Steve McClaren

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports. — Terrell Owens

Football players are misunderstood. They aren't the dumb jocks people think they are. — Simone Elkeles

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment. — Steven Gerrard

Yes, high school...the land of drama queens and egocentric football players. — Hermione Daguin

I like to watch good football so I like to watch good players. I like Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Wayne Rooney. — Neymar

Only two players made me cry when watching football, one was Diego Maradona and the other Ryan Giggs. — Alessandro Del Piero

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started. — Ron Atkinson

As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field. — John Elway

That makes me think of spandex-covered football players. It's not me. I'm in rhinestones and velvet, not spandex. — Johnny Weir

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

My favorite sport is football. I'm a die hard Steelers fan. Favorite players were Hines Ward and Greg Lloyd. — Anthony Jeselnik

Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. — Doug Plank

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level. — Bobby Robson

I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used. — Ato Boldon

We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players. — Tony Dungy

Never accept limitations. — Jake Byrne

There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football. — Jermain Defoe

When you will have to search for long to collect other nine players to organize your usual five-a-side football match..you will realize to be old ... — Gaetano De Coubertin

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall. — Warren Moon

People say I'll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher. — Craig Heyward

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? — Jim Bouton

I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players. — Frank Deford

So their cheerleaders are ugly, their football players are wimps, and they're our archrivals because why? — Jennifer Lynn Barnes

In international football, you need pace and you need your players up top to create things out of nothing and run at people. — Frank Lampard

Those fuckers," Janice said, meaning the football players, "they get me doing hate Kegels. — William Gibson

The game [football] has moved on a lot but still, ask most players and they will tell you that pre-season isn't their favourite time of the year. — Colin Kazim-Richards

We don't have any splits here. The players country is Liverpool Football Club and their language is football. — Gerard Houllier

Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them. — Gordon Strachan

High school football in Detroit was not easy at all. There were talented players everywhere. — Antonio Gates

My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports. — Tony Dorsett

English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant. — Kevin Keegan

Football players have some bodies! Oh my goodness! — Vivica A. Fox

I just hope he doesn't frighten the players 'cos they're frigtened enough right now. — Roy Keane

It's great to have atmosphere at the stadium, but football is all about the players. — Isco

Nobody I ever broke bread with, and I see players all the time, talked about using their head running the football. — Jim Brown

Systems don't win, players do. — Marv Levy

My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor. — Bowden Wyatt

Louisiana has a heritage of great players that play their high school football within the boundaries of Louisiana. — Les Miles

I think the way we played was as important as winning the title, the way we did it with the players and the fans enjoying it. — Manuel Pellegrini

I know my football. And I adore football players. The crashing noise of a tackle, the huddle grunting, and the roar of the crowd are music to my ears. — Rachel Nichols

They didn't change positions, they just moved the players around. — Terry Venables

When you have great players, playing great, well that's great football! — John Madden

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well. — Alex Ferguson

The open side Defensive End has to be one of your best football players. Size does not matter as much. We want an athletic player who can move around. — Pete Carroll

If you were in the Brondby dressing room right now, which of the Liverpool players would you be looking at? — Ray Stubbs

The other two weren't even dancers. They were football players. Which was ridiculous. — Nova Ren Suma

We scored a goal and defended until the end with great spirit. We have a lot of young players and I hope we can keep on like this. — Lorik Cana

If you gave Arsene Wenger eleven players and told him to pick his team, this would be it. — Andy Gray

IT IS NOT COINCIDENCE THAT AT BARCELONA WE HAVE LOW-KEY LIFESTYLES AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE KNOW WE ARE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND NOT MOVIE STARS. — Lionel Messi

I have seen players sent off for far worse offences than that. — Alan Brazil

We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You'll get it back in no time. — Johan Cruijff

One or two of their players aren't getting any younger — Clive Tyldesley

I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players. — Gabrielle Union

There are things players go through on an everyday basis in the business of football. You don't see it all with the glitz and glamour of game day. — Terrell Owens

It is more likely that coaches have players go down in games they are losing than games they are winning. — George M. Gilbert

If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher Columbus sail to India to discover America? — Claudio Ranieri

The running backs are the strengths of their football team. They have quality players who can do a number of things for their team. — Greg Schiano

Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts. — Jim Brown

I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work. — Chuck Noll

Edgar was named as one of the players involved, but he was in my room, discussing religious subjects with me. — George Boateng