Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice,
dedication and respect for authority.
--Vince Lombardi
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems,
block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.
--Unknown
If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing,
then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.
It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing,
let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his jacket on.
--Lou Holtz, College football coach College football coach
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
--Joe Theismann
Football combines two of the worst things in American life.
It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
--George Will
All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone
connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business
with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.
--Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame football coach
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
--Erma Bombeck
In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once
heard on the football field: Don't flinch, don't fall; hit the line hard.
--Theodore Roosevelt
Baseball players are smarter than football players.
How often do you see a baseball team penalised for too many players on the field
--Jim Boulton
Most football teams are temperamental.That's 90% temper and 10% mental.
--Doug Plank
'Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesbrough.'
* Jonathan Woodgate
'I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.'
- Stuart Pearce
'I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.'
-Lee Hendrie
'I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.'
- Ian Rush
'Germany are a very difficult team to play...they had 11 internationals out there today.'
- Steve Lomas
'I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.'
- Barry Venison
'I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.'
- David Beckham
'The Brazilians were South America, and the Ukranians will be more European.'
- Phil Neville
Here are some humorous Soccer quotes (Soccer is called by it's
proper name of Football here in the UK:-) )
Most of the quotes are from English and European football stars,
so you may not have heard of them.As you can tell,
football players are not famous for their ability to express themselves!
Regards John Green York (The original one)
'All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.'
- Mitchell Thomas
'The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.'
* Graeme Le Saux
'One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.'
- Alan Shearer
'I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.'
- Johnny Giles
'Sometimes in football you have to score goals.'
- Thierry Henry
'I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.'
Les Ferdinand
Football is a game in which a handful of fit men run around for one and a half hours
watched by millions of people who could really use the exercise
"Barcelona... a club with a stadium that seats 120,000 people.
And they're all here in Newcastle tonight!"
"Ronaldo is always very close to being either onside or offside."
"We were a little bit outnumbered there, it was two against two."
"Julian Dicks is everywhere, it's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
"If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal."
"Robert Lee was able to do some running on his groin for the first time."
--Various
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing
to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
--Bud Wilkinson (1916-) US football coach
Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work a company work,
a society work, a civilization work.
--Vince Lombardi
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