Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Footballers - Page 7

My future does not depend on me but on any decision by the Togo federation.

I understood that there would be some backlash, and that scared me, honestly. But deep down, I felt like it was the right thing to do. And if I was to run away from what I felt in my soul was the right thing to do, that would make me a coward. I can’t live with that. God wouldn’t be able to put me where I am today, and as far as I’ve come in life, if I was a coward.

Rooney has those things that you cannot teach players - the positions he takes up just behind the front men is a European trait.

Fernando Torres' English seems to be coming on good.

Andy Johnson is quick, brave and strong and he will get goals.

It's very different. You do so many things in this play. You can't just focus on acting or singing. You have to be good at both. I'm very glad I did this play.

When you start comparing yourself to another man's mirror, that's when those negative thoughts start creeping in. My journey isn't anybody else's journey.

It's all about patience and I'm sure my time will come. I'm learning what it takes to be successful and I'm doing the things the coaches tell me.

It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right direction. And you can't ever take the next step until you take the first.

If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about.

Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.

I think when you play a contact sport there's always inherent risk and inherent risk to injury. At what point do you tolerate it, and at what point is it enough?

The hot tub is my best friend.

I've won everywhere that I've been. I've never had a losing season in sports from the moment I was five-years-old. I'm not a loser.

Design is all about learning from doing, that’s how we evolve to the best solution.

People are passionate about football, and it means a lot to them. I've noticed when people go to a Western Sydney game and we've won 5-0 or something like that, the supporters are happy all week.

I am very aggressive and very physical. On the field, I guess I am just plain mean.

I take all the negatives and try to turn it into a positive.

The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.

People underestimate me, maybe because of my look, maybe because of my speech, and I love that. I love to give the impression that I'm an easy victim. I ain't nobody's fool, believe that.

I was born and bred in Coventry. I played for the club as well, so that's where my liaisons lie.

I just started playing football because it's fun for me, it's the best thing for me.

This is why I respect those who are curious about God, but I beware of those who claim to find Him.

Every position is a bit different, but for a young player it's important to be able to play different positions, to see the game in a different view, to learn of every position. Because you need different skills, and it's perfect for a young player to develop.

England's good for me: there's a thousand things to improve, but I fit. I'm happy and I'd really like Arsenal to use the purchase option.

After the game, I'm a completely different person. I drink some beers with friends and try to get my mind completely off football.

I was taught that I cannot back down to anything. I was trained never to be scared.

I'm proud of where I come from. A lot of people leave Mississippi, and their claim to fame is somewhere else. But I have so many moral values that made me the person I am now.

Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work.

I don't think there's a limit as long as I keep my head right, don't get above myself, work hard and remember where I came from.

Football in Murphy is very different. It's very passionate and you breathe football everywhere. In every square there are some children playing football.

Like many professional footballers, I have the legacy of injuries picked up over my career but the effect on my day-to-day training and on matchday is non-existent.

I try to play my own style.

Footwork is definitely key for a linebacker. We make our money playing laterally. You've got to be able to move side to side and play sideline to sideline. So doing quick feet drills like ladders and keeping your footwork right is important.

When I was a junior in high school, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. To see her struggle and go through chemo, radiation and surgery, and all those things made a huge impact on us as a family.

Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.

I eat pretty much the same thing on certain days. So Wednesdays, I'll probably eat the same meal.

I am who I am. Chip on my shoulder? I was just born with the mentality to go win.

Having Neymar at Real Madrid would be a huge pleasure. Madrid have to do everything to sign the best players in the world and his past at Barcelona would not be a problem.

I have a lot of nicknames. In high school and growing up it was Beaver. In college it was Gotti.

Fabregas literally carries 10 yards of space around in his shorts.

Ever since I was a kid I've always loved history. I think that kind of catapulted things, but I would say the two major factors were maybe 9/11 and the election of Barack Obama.

Teams use trust as currency. If it is in short supply, then the team is poor. If trust abounds, the members of the team have purchase power with each other to access each others’ gifts, talents, energy, creativity, and love. The development of trust then becomes a significant leadership strategy. Trust creates the load limits on the relationship bridges among team members

People quickly forget that people are people.

My father was never really a big part of my life, he ended up passing away a few years ago, my biological father. And the guy I consider my dad, he was incarcerated for a crime he didn't even commit, which is part of the reason I protest.

At the end of the day, I want to win.

Losing isn't very fun.

I am a gamer. I became a gamer since I had kids... much more than I used to be when I'd play 'Madden' and 'NCAA Football' in high school and college.

Figure out where you are on the field. If you're past 15 or so yards, the ball is going down the field. When you're in great position, you're able to control the receiver.

You need experience around you when you are a young player. You need to know how to run a team, to lead a team and to play as a team which means, your team has leaders but you still function as a team.

Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and firming your own resolve. Then, headslap them out of your way.

You never know when you're going to get given the opportunity that change many things in your life.

Since I was a D-team backup quarterback in seventh grade, I've loved the game.

I've got a strong family, close friends and hobbies outside football that keep my feet on the ground.

I think whenever you go through something of that nature, you get to see who's really on your side and who's really there for you. That happened in my case. And it really let me understand that no matter how small of a decision you make, it's going to have a subsequent action or reaction, and something that started out very innocent turned into the tragedy that it was.

I surround myself with good friends that help me keep my feet on the ground.

I feel like winning a Super Bowl is like a lifetime thing. Come on? How many great players that haven't been here, some that haven't won.

I just love sports: basketball, baseball, football. As a kid I did it all. But in my heart, I'm a football player. There's nothing like it. It's what I live for. Ever since I could walk, I've been drawn to it.

I could throw a million hitches.

I'm not a guy who can sit there and look at a diagram of a play and understand it.