Football Quotes - Page 52

Work on your strong points because they are what made you.

I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs.

You have different sorts of people in life, so why should it be any different in football?

Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.

That was never a penalty in a million planets.

Belgium's not a hotpot of international football

Women's football does have its knockers.

The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt—and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won.

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.

God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others.

No one in college football or the SEC can tackle me by themselves.

Apart from their goals, Norway haven't scored.

God blessed me to play football.

To me, football is very personal. Even as a kid, I looked at football in dramaturgical terms. It wasn't the score that interested me, it was the struggle.

Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's part ballet. It's part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage.

They've kicked our backsides, we've got to lick our wounds...

I was very poor. As a child my dream was to have a leather football.

When I'm shouting at the defence, subtitles come up in front of the goal.

I find it embarrassing when people compare me to Maradona. How can they? There is only one Maradona. People who say this just have no idea, they don't know what they are talking about. Diego was a complete one-off who will never have an equal on the football pitch. No-one, I repeat no-one, could have transformed teams like he did. Maradona was the world's greatest-ever player while I'm just an apprentice.

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?

Nelson Mandela is my hero outside of football. I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times. He was really clued up on his football and he knew me, so that was just unbelievable. It really stuck with me.

I'm looking forward to seeing some sexy football.

My thing is, and I've always been this way - to get to know as many people as I possibly can on a personal level, so that way, when you get on the football field, you've got your buddy right beside you, and you're ready to go.

Before the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and anti-bullying. It would be a good idea to start wearing wristbands for anti-diving.

In high school, when I played football I got no respect. I shared a locker with a mop.