Football Player Quotes - Page 9

• We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.

  Bobby Robson

  Football, Player, Levels

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• Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi. He holds numerous records, such as the most goals scored in a single La Liga season and the most goals scored in a calendar year. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. He has everything. We must protect him.

  Jose Mourinho

  Football, Cristiano Ronaldo, Player

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• To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a football player, an orator are often responsible for the beginning of a love affair.

  Andre Maurois

  Football, Eye, Player

  "The Art of Living". Book by Andre Maurois, 1939.

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• You'll find out that nothing that comes easy is worth a dime. As a matter of fact, I never saw a football player make a tackle with a smile on his face. Never.

  Woody Hayes

  Graduation, Football, Player

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• Baseball players quit playing and they take up golf. Basketball players quit, take up golf. Football players quit, take up golf. What are we supposed to take up when we quit?

  George Archer

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

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• If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.

  Benjamin Carson

  Inspirational, Basketball, Football

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• I was so self -conscious, every time football players went into a huddle, I thought they were talking about me.

  Jackie Mason

  Football, Player, Self

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• When I came to Barcelona, I really liked in the dressing room that I found balanced, normal people: [Victor] Valdes, [Carles] Puyol, [Andrés] Iniesta. They don't think they are the center of the world for being football players.

  Lilian Thuram

  Football, Player, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Paula Deen

  Football, Player, Names

  "Paula Deen "I'm Fighting to Get My Name Back". Interview with Michelle Tauber, people.com. March 10, 2014.

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• I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.

  Tim Tebow

  Football, Fun, Self Worth

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• The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Player, Wanted

  FaceBook post by Tom Brady from Nov 13, 2012

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• Is hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. We need to have the strength and power of a football player, the stamina of a marathon runner, and the concentration of a brain surgeon. But we need to put all this together while moving at high speeds on a cold and slippery surface while 5 other guys use clubs to try and kill us. Oh yeah, did I mention that this whole time we're standing on blades 1/8 of an inch thick? Is ice hockey hard? I don't know, you tell me. Next question.

  Brendan Shanahan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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