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Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord thy God's. The sixth day is for football — Anthony Burgess

If you'd rather go to the football game than read a comic, that's fine. I'd rather do both. — Rob Walton

The only other human endeavor on which there's more 16-millimeter film than pro football is World War II, and we're going to pass that in 2013. — Steve Sabol

If I could play football, I'd play football. But not women's football - real football. Or I'd just date a quarterback. — Portia Doubleday

He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him. — Bobby Robson

If teams keep playing us this way, it's going to be like this — Peyton Manning

For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season! — Marcus Samuelsson

I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport. — Stanislas Wawrinka

In football you always get judged on your last game. Whoever you are, or how amazing you are, it's the last game that everyone has seen. — Thierry Henry

Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game. — Queen Elizabeth II

Everything is s*** because we lost. — Ronald Koeman

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 watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game. — Melissa McCarthy

Holland I think is the best school to learn football. I think its a great league for that because it's not the strongest league in Europe. — Rafael Van Der Vaart

Nervous? He's tighter than Pat Buchanan's sphincter muscle at a 4th of July soiree on Fire Island. — Dennis Miller

He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off — George Hamilton

Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life. — Joe Namath

It's intense in every sport. No matter what, USC vs. UCLA is crazy. Especially when it comes down to football and basketball, it's just nuts. — Akeem Ayers

That's kind of how I approach life and football; why dwell on something that's hasn't happened. — Brett Favre

Owen scores and breaks Lineker's competitive scoring record. Although this being a friendly it doesn't actual count, so he hasn't quite done it yet. — John Motson

We had a word with him about diving and since then the lad's come on leaps and bounds. — Billy Dodds

He spits out an epithet so nasty I think it's only legal in England. And then only when your favourite football club loses. — Tera Lynn Childs

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

In life or in football, touchdowns rarely take place in seventy yard increments. Usually it's three yards and a cloud of dust. — Rush Limbaugh

Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

There's never a lot of Brazillian football played in these games. — Gareth Barry

He's a novice - he should keep his opinions to Japanese football — Alex Ferguson

It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs ... we should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics. — Snoop Dogg

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it. — Bear Bryant

When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure. — Alex Ferguson

There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in — George Hamilton

I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing. — David Beckham

It's not about the long ball or the short ball, it's about the right ball. — Bob Paisley

There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe. — David Beckham

The quarterback's spending so much time behind the center that he may jeopardize his right to lead a Boy Scout troop. — Dennis Miller

There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up. — Robert Griffin III

I don't want to lose myself in football and that's what a coach has to do to be successful. — Dennis Bergkamp

It's nice to have other hobbies, other than golf. I've played football, I play tennis. I enjoy doing things other than golf, and poker is one of them. — Sergio Garcia

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that. — Bill Shankly

For a kid who's lost his mom and all the rage and grief that no one was able to talk out of me, football was a very therapeutic sport. Very. — Jon Hamm

I know enough football to know that's funny! — Gabriel Iglesias

I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way. — Adam Yauch

They care about their club, and that's why they always have something good to say, even when it is negative — Alan Green

I've always been connected to football, but for some reason, there's never been a connection. — Ted Thompson

Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win. — Bud Wilkinson

Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me. — Bum Phillips

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last. — Ronaldinho

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. — Tom Landry

When we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas' — Paul Merson

I just love watching football. It doesn't matter what level it is, whether it's Fleetwood or Blackpool. I love to go and watch games. — Charlie Adam

First become a winner in life. Then it's easier to become a winner on the field. — Tom Landry

Remy Cabella, I think he deserves something else than Newcastle. I wouldn't go there. You must get bored s***less in Newcastle. — Louis Nicollin

There's nothing I'm scared of in football. — Thierry Henry

Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time. — Bud Grant

I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard. — Gordon Strachan

When you care about a guy beyond just the field, that's when the chemistry becomes really special. — Drew Brees

There's only one plan in football: win you next match. — Johnny Giles

Well, football is a hard game; there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times. — Alex Ferguson

Tony Fernandes is in that goldfish bowl and he's swimming against the tide. — Niall Quinn

It's as if there's a magnet on the outside of the posts and bar. — John Helm

When you've got the ball 65-70% of the time, it's a football death for the other team ... It's death by football. — Brendan Rodgers

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

That's put a strain on his left-hand knee. — John Scales

Well, Clive, it's all about the two Ms - movement and positioning. — Ron Atkinson

There's no way running on a beach or at some high school playground that you're going to get in football shape like you do when you practice. — Steve Mariucci

And the reason you play American Football, Hiruma-san?"
"Because it's fun."
(Translated) — Riichiro Inagaki

I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name. It's like that black football player who recently came out, — Paula Deen

Sean's our boy, big into computer games and football, wants to help the Redskins build a dynasty, though he doesn't really know what that means. — Catherine Coulter

He's not a lad that likes to stand on his feet. — Chris Waddle

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football. — Jerry Rice

McCartney's first involvement is to be stripped by Saha — Guy Mowbray

Yes, he is not unused to playing in midfield, but at the same time he's not used to playing there either. — Emlyn Hughes

That's often the best place to beat a goalkeeper, isn't it, between the legs? — Clive Tyldesley

There's a hell of a lot of politics in football. — Tommy Docherty

Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different. — Trevor Brooking

That's Steve Howey's third-ever League goal and he's never scored more than two in a season before. — Jeff Stelling

It's winner takes all, but a draw will do. — Mark Saggers

Only if there's an outbreak of the bubonic plague. — Giovanni Trapattoni

No one coaches what to do after three seconds, after the quarterback's broken the pocket or he's been in the pocket for five, six seconds. — Robert Griffin III

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

All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you. — Deacon Jones

He is inexperienced but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through. — Steve McClaren

She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood. — Simone Elkeles

I don't think there's a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don't think anybody cares what you did the year before. — Tom Brady

Women who talk about football tactics, it's beautiful. I find that fantastic. And you know what a 4-3-3 is, right? — Laurent Blanc

My wife runs the house much better than I could so I think she could be a linesman or a referee or even a football manager and that's the truth. — Ian Holloway

Anger infests Lee Bowyer's simple mind. He could get sent off playing solitaire. — Henry Winter

Let's be honest. We're not Manchester United or Arsenal, are we? — Paolo Di Canio

Thomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand. — Gordon Strachan

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

I'm not going to make it a target, but it's something to aim for. — Steve Coppell

When Rioch came to Millwall we were depressed and miserable. He's done a brilliant job of turning it all around. Now we're miserable and depressed. — Danny Baker

I was a late bloomer. I tried out for the football team, and I got locked off the field. That's how I wound up in drama. — Dennis Quaid

I think the Canadian Football League is a great league, but it's not the NFL, and I'm not Jerry Rice. — Darren Flutie

Style is wearing an evening dress to McDonald's, wearing heels to play football. It is personality, confidence and seduction. — John Galliano

When you arrive in England for football it's a paradise. — Eric Cantona

If you're going to start something-if it's worth starting-then it's worth finishing. That's what I live by. — Marshall Faulk

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

I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy gets excited when war season's coming. — Paul Rieckhoff

I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class. — Rod Stewart