Football Quotes - Page 8

• In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Principles, Lines

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.44, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States.

  Lee Corso

  Winning, College, Games

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• When I get the ball, for some reason I see holes. I'm not really sure how.

  Mike Bass

  College, Balls, Reason

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• Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.

  Bobby Bowden

  Son, College, Hands

  Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.121, Taylor Trade Publications

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• After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that.

  Bobby Bowden

  College, Events, Bigs

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• I'm really happy for Coach Cooper and the guys who've been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors.

  Bobby Hoying

  Senior, College, Seven Years

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• When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

  Dick Butkus

  Sports, Hurt, Nfl Games

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• Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

  Joe Namath

  Sports, Team, Nfl Games

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• If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.

  Ricky Williams

  New York, Moving, College

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  Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

  Knute Rockne

  Sports, Strong, Blocking And Tackling

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• The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.

  Sally Quinn

  Sports, Pain, Forget

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  Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Player, Knows, Known

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• I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.

  Brandi Chastain

  Soccer, Thinking, Community

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• This is a dirty business, that is why I go out and play with my heart. I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports. This is like a nine to five. No guaranteed contracts, and that is the worst thing about it.

  Terrell Owens

  Soccer, Sports, Dirty

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• There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football.

  Greg Schiano

  College, Men, Thinking

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• We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.

  Darrell Royal

  College, One Day, Scratches

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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• I learned all about life with a ball at my feet

  Ronaldinho

  Feet, Balls

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• The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour.

  John Motson

  Games, Favour, Balanced

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• I was disappointed to leave Spurs, but quite pleased that I did.

  Steve Perryman

  Spurs, Disappointed

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• What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.

  Jimmy Hill

  Team, Games, Goal

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• That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have had no chances and scored twice.

  Trevor Brooking

  England, Chance, Northern Ireland

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• A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year.

  Walter Payton

  Running, Next Week, Years

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• A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks there, the artillery and air force over there.

  Ted Solotaroff

  Team, Army, Air

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• Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

  Burt Bacharach

  Hell, Playing Football

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