Top 1200 Football Coach Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

I don't differentiate between racism in football to racism in life so, therefore, as a football manager I knew that I would get racist abuse.

I would be a very demanding coach. I wouldn't yell and scream, but I want players that want what I want. And that's why I couldn't coach, 'cause I know how hard it is and I know how hard I want you to play. But everyone's not going to do what I want.

When I'm not training or playing, I'm watching football or watching something football-related on my phone, or about our next rival.

In Dutch football you see a lot of individual quality, but in American football it's really about teamwork. That really appeals to me.

I don't really like the business side of football, but I just like adding good players to our football team.

I really want to get involved in football again at some point. I know I'm getting older, but my life has just turned out a different way after I retired from football.

To me, football is very personal. Even as a kid, I looked at football in dramaturgical terms. It wasn't the score that interested me, it was the struggle.

I wasn't happy with how I left England. I didn't like where my mind was football wise. I felt like football was coming second.

My first experience with football was not very good because I didn't plan on playing football. I was just playing hookie one day and I was a sophomore and decided not to go to class. And the principal - normally he does his rounds and I thought I had him down pretty good where he was going to be - he sort of walked up behind me and scared me. He noticed I could run real fast. So that's how I got introduced to football.

I think England has to change the way they are teaching football because football is changing, and the method isn't changing as much.

I was offered the opportunity at the Mariners to pass on my experiences and wisdom in order to develop the football club back into the football club that it once was.

I used to go play football matches in the morning, and I'd go straight from me football game to a dance competition.

You can play football in Bayern, in Barcelona, in Manchester, in London, wherever. In the end, it's football, and you want to play with the best.

I think my reputation speaks for itself. But everybody is entitled to their own opinion, and I'm going to continue to play football - play physical football.

When you're at a football club, the heart and soul of it is bigger than a win or a loss, so I'd like to think I leave the football club in a good place.

Fans are so important to football clubs, and you have to respect that everyone has got an opinion, but we have got to do our stuff on the football pitch.

I know the pressure of being Barcelona's goalkeeper, but I'm here to play my football and the football Barca want to play. I'm not afraid.

I love English football because it's real football. I love everything that surrounds it. The public, the atmosphere, the preparation.

None of us are claiming that the statistical analysts understand the game of football as well as the football coaches do, or that our analysis should take precedence over the informed opinions of experts. I'm not saying that at all.

We didn't have football boots, and we used a broken tennis ball instead of a football. I didn't use a proper ball until I was 11.

I think that's awesome to have a former player in the GM role, somebody that not only understands the game of football but has played the game of football.

When the football world is ready to adhere to the diversity codes so that BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) communities, plus women, get the opportunities in football then I'll see that as a step forward.

I've no problem with Neil Lennon. I'm thrilled for him to be interested in me. He tried to sign me for Bolton but football is football.

If you ask me how did I do at United, I will say it was my best year ever, given the circumstances I was working under. We played football that was quite alright. But it's not football that is appreciated in England.

I loved playing football with my brothers. I would go to school as well, but I loved football, so I played it a lot when I was a kid.

Football's become more physical. I would have liked to have been born 10 or 20 years earlier to enjoy football with the same commitment and desire but without the toughness it has now.

If my girl ends up playing football, we probably got a lot of problems. I'll encourage her to do whatever, but playing football ain't one of them.

Football is the best team sport in the world, and it is good to hear that more and more kids are playing football in India.

I like many things in English football - everyone lives and breathes it here. Of course, that doesn't mean I don't like Spanish football.

It's very difficult, but if I'm talking from my personal view and what I do as a job, which is playing football, how the Premier League and football handles racism should be with great severity because there's no place for it in the world.

Football is not just in Europe, there is football all over the world so I am always open to the idea of managing anywhere in the world.

Europe is leading the world in the sport of football. I want to utilize my experience from Europe to support the development of football in Asian countries.

Football is to be enjoyed and I've enjoyed my life in football for many years, it's the pinnacle of my career and I want to enjoy it the most.

The biggest family in the world is football, because football has more associate - and FIFA, for example - has more associates than UNESCO.

I liked to play against all the teams in the National Football League or the American Football League, because they were always a challenge.

To be able to come out to Southern California, talk football, and have the ability to also have conversations with celebrities who love football, it's been a dream, and I never once thought, 'Well, this is a lot of pressure.'

I sometimes get frustrated with how important Dallas Cowboys' football is to people. It's extremely important to me, too, but football is what I do.

One of the things I'd bring to Villa if I was in charge is the idea that winning is important in football, but winning while playing offensive football is the best of all.

You can score goals at youth level but men's football teaches you things. It teaches you real football and you realise that this game is sink or swim.

Football is football but life is life. I am so happy at being a father and reaching the Champions League final.

Ce que je sais de la morale, c'est au football que je le dois. (I know of morality, it is football that I owe.)

Shevchenko is the best attacker in Europe. He has a great deal of consistency and he just keeps scoring - which in Italian football is very difficult. He is a complete player, someone who can do everything on a football field.

You know, us in Africa, all what we know, all what we dream about is football. Because when I was young, all what I tried to do, all what I had a chance to watch on TV was football.

Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.

Thank God I had football. I remember when it used to rain, all the kids would run outside and play football in the puddles, just splashing around, having the best time.

My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.

Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.'

I'm definitely not a track guy playing football. I'm a football guy that just happens to jump really far.

It was my dad who got me into football. One day, he surprised me playing in the garage. He thought I was a thief. I always played football when I was a kid.

Away from football, life is not just football. People do not see it how life goes on for us off the field.

I understand that football is only a certain time in my life, and my degree will help me sustain my life well past football.

I started out playing football in the streets, playing barefoot like all the boys there - we didn't have the money for football boots.

It is clear that if people know me through football, they would think I am one of the most hated players in football, that is clear.

I used to go play football matches in the morning, and Id go straight from me football game to a dance competition.

I have a great family. I can call them and they don't want to talk just football They want to find out how my day went outside of football.

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.

Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football - for me, at least.

It's nice to be settled and enjoying my football, the new experience, playing in the Champions League and all the things you dream about when you start playing football.

One of the hardest parts of practice is the criticism a player takes from his coaches. Some players think a coach has it in for them when a flaw in style is pointed out ... I know that when things start going wrong, for one, I get the coach to keep his eye on me to see what I'm suddenly doing wrong. I can't see it or I wouldn't be doing it in the first place.

Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.