Football Quotes - Page 126

Andrew is an integral part of the team and he is staying at my football club. The reality is I need him to score the goals that will get us promoted.

Football is not, in my view, a sport: it is somewhere between a business racket and a mental illness. I associate it with all the worst aspects of our society - violence, drunkenness, drugs, racism, exploitation, greed and stupidity; and that's just for starters.

Leeds are enjoying more possession now that they have the ball.

The header was cleared off the line by the crossbar.

Football is based on desperation. All clubs are desperate in one form or another - desperate to succeed, desperate to survive, desperate to stay where they are, desperate that things get no worse, desperate to arrest the slide.

Sven must have neglected to pay tribute to one of those strict Nordic gods. But instead of cursing Eriksson himself, Thor has done a still crueller thing and cursed the England strikers. I can only assume that Eriksson was never informed of this curse, otherwise he might have more than a 17-year-old up his sleeve.

The combination of an out-of-control tabloid press and a readership that thrills to the destruction of the England head coach is something no other country can offer. Scolari was driven out; Steve McClaren's personal life made the front pages. Neither of them even held the job. Then there was the fake-sheikhing of Sven-Göran Eriksson. That a newspaper should so brilliantly and deliberately destabilise the national head coach in a World Cup year is something no other sporting nation would consider.

Penalties are not football. They are not even as television people keep telling us, great drama. They are cheap melodrama.

I approach football like a street-ball game, like I'm playing with the fellas in the yard.

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.

I assured myself that I'd seen the most wicked block perpetuated by man or beast.

When the passer's back foot hit the ground on his setup, I wanted the ball gone. If no one was open, if he had to buy time, I wanted him to bounce in place. And then I only wanted him scrambling as a last resort. When you bounce, you maintain your balance. When you start moving, you create an unnatural position for yourself. I want everything to be natural.

Never throw into double coverage.

Yes, he’s a good boy. Never been in trouble at school and he’s on the honor roll. Captain of the football team. All-around psycho serial killer who hides bodies in the fridge whenever his parents go out of town. (Nick) I also eat babies for breakfast and torture small animals for fun. My therapist says I’m making real progress though. (Caleb)

There are rumours of fractions within the Palace dressing room.

The key thing with any football player is, what can he do when he gets on the field.

If they want to play football, we can play football.

I played a lot of football when I was younger. I'm a good receiver, actually.

Why do people criticise his intelligence when he can do something as miraculous as that?

My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.

You would not want me on your football team.

I'm watching a lot of the football.

As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It proves that football is attractive. What upsets me, what I find scandalous is when clubs accept fools.

I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football - the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football.

I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard