Quotes on Football

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

I always threw the ball in, because then if I got the ball back, I was the only player unmarked.

I'm ex-player, ex-technical director, ex-coach, ex-manager, ex-honorary president. A nice list that once again shows that everything comes to an end.

In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.

To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game.

Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I could play football or baseball, swim -- but there's always some kind of situation that would break my thoughts, break my concentration.

If I can't get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?

When you're throwing the football the way you want to, you're not thinking about it. You're not thinking about your drop or your release point or the trajectory or where your feet are. It's just coming off your hand exactly the way you want it to, fluid and confident.

Style is wearing an evening dress to McDonald's, wearing heels to play football. It is personality, confidence and seduction.

And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.

It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.

Whatever success I've had it is because I've tried to understand the situation of the player. I think the coach's duty is to avoid complicating matters.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.

What's so amazing in today's society is people look up to football players. And as a football player, you have a platform. And it's so much more important than any touchdown or trophy or anything you could win with football. Its taking that platform and be able to influence people.

If you play football, there's going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.

We never knew we'd have kids playing pro football or going to Super Bowls. That wasn't ever a part of our plan in raising kids, so we really feel blessed.

People can talk about my age for as long as they like. There is nothing better in football than proving people wrong, and I'll try to do that for as long as I can.

The unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field, no bat, no ball, no skis, no skates. All other athletes have to use equipment, like a football. But I don't use anything in competition except myself. It's just me up there. Me alone. No coach. No nothing.