Football Quotes - Page 146

I'd like to have seen Tony Morley left on as a down-and-out winger.

The first half has gone how I almost half-anticipated.

Liverpool will be without Kvarme tonight - he's illegible.

I liked to play against all the teams in the National Football League or the American Football League, because they were always a challenge.

Some people wouldn't say I coached in the National Football League. I coached with the Raiders, right?

Some people say 'Why is a football coach concerned?' I explained I'm an American first and all Americans should care about justice.

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

I think the National Football League needs a new union. The heavyweights of this union are not heavyweights enough.

I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.

I had a choice to be lazy or lean - if I hadn't changed, thing probably would catch up with me.

I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high school was crazy about football.

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.

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.

As a fan, you want to be able to go to a football game, you want to feel secure, you want to be able to just watch the game, root for your team, and that's the way it should be.

I could barely speak after I was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. I was going to play for the defending Super Bowl champions.... I immediately thought of all the great players on the team. I was in awe, as I had watched these soon-to-be legends play on television. They epitomized for me what football was all about: the love of the game, the professional approach, and the desire to win.

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

It's the premium time, the fourth quarter. October, November, December and now, if you will, going over into the first quarter in January. But really, football, that's when the interest is in the game.

I take a good feeling away from what football brings.

I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time.

That ‘hundreds and hundreds’ was taken totally out of context. When I was making a point to this person, I was making a point that over my 31 years in the National Football League I’ve seen a lot of changes. There were hundreds and hundreds of things over those years that I’ve seen that have gotten better. Domestic violence is one of those.

It doesn't matter who you are, football's a business. At some stage you're going to have to leave a football club, that's just normal.

When you are young nothing is more important than football but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.

For me, there's nothing that beats playing. When I'm not playing, I'll watch games on the television, watch stuff on You-Tube, everything. I just live for football, love watching great players.

I feel 21. I've looked after myself and take my football seriously.

I don't feel like I'm getting older. I think it's the way I've looked after myself. I take my football seriously. I love scoring goals and I get a good feeling from it, so I'll do whatever it takes to be fit and feel good in games.