Footballer Quotes - Page 4

• The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.

  Sepp Herberger

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.

  Walter Camp

  Work, Character, Effort

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• If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the beginning of the day.

  H. L. Hunt

  Funny, Soccer, Believe

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• Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace

  Gary Lineker

  Commitment, Pace, Ageing

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• I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to send messages to people all the time, to the youth all the time.

  Emmanuel Petit

  People, Way, Messages

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

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  Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.

  Richard Sherman

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

  Twitter post from Jun 7, 2017

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• White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy that’s socially and financially rewarded. When you learn to say and perhaps even believe the right things about race, doors are opened for you. When you say the wrong thing, those doors slam shut. Then, the gossips and church ladies will shame you publicly, demand that you be fired from your job, and use every avenue available to them to coerce a confession, a public apology and a staged conversion that contributes to their progressive narrative.

  Jack Donovan

  Jobs, Believe, Apology

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• With the game on the line. I want the ball in my hands.

  Eli Manning

  Sports, Hands, Games

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• I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

  Philip Rivers

  Sports, Team, Opportunity

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• I blew the lot on vodka and tonic, gambling and fags. Looking back, I think I overdid it on the tonic.

  Stan Bowles

  Football, Drinking, Thinking

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• I’ve always said that you can live without water for many days, but you can’t live for a second without hope.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Soccer, Hope, Water

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• But when I look back I can't call myself unlucky. My 23rd birthday was December 14. In these years I have had more than most people get in a lifetime.

  Ernie Davis

  Good Life, Happy Life, Years

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• There are scientists who will tell you that spirit, because it can’t be measured, doesn’t exist. Bollocks. It does exist.

  Sam Allardyce

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Science

  "Sam Allardyce, the man: England's new boss from childhood to heart scare and being football's Mr Fix It" by Michael Gadd, www.mirror.co.uk. July 21, 2016.

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• Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. God Bless everyone and thank u so much.

  Adrian Peterson

  Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

  FaceBook post by Adrian Peterson from Oct 11, 2013

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• Power isn’t just about going forward. It’s about not letting anything hold you back.

  Patrick Willis

  Moving Forward, Power, American Football

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• Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass.

  Terry Crews

  Love, Being Yourself, Badass

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. August 28, 2012.

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• A goal without a plan is a wish.

  Herman Edwards

  Goals Dreams, African American, Wish

  "Former NFL Coach Herm Edwards On Leadership, Legacy, And Living To Make A Difference". Interview with Andrew Moses, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2017.

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• It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face, my family that I love, that's all that really matters to me.

  Marshawn Lynch

  Love, Family, Home

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• If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Sports, Football

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• It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements.

  Curtis Martin

  Life, Achievement, African American

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• If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd be a hard choice. Thankfully, i've done both

  George Best

  Thankful, Past, Player

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• Michigan State is always welcome at Ann Arbor. Your teams in all the various branches of athletics are more frequent visitors here than those of any other institution. This is as it should be, for not two universities are closer together in every way than Michigan State and Michigan.

  Fielding H. Yost

  Sports, Team, Two

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• You don't have to flaunt your success, but you don't have to apologize for it, either

  Gene Stallings

  Success, Apology, Apologizing

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• Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for.

  Ernie Davis

  Sports, Football, What Matters

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