Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Ball

I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.

Alan Ball

The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.

Al Michaels

Those three words, Monday Night Football, resonate like no other.

Chris Coleman

Alex McLeish will have had kittens - literally.

Chip Kelly

There's a lot [of coaches], and I think in this profession, none of us invented this game, we got it from someone else, and if there's an idea, there's probably never been an original idea in football.

David Mitchell

Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints.

David Ginola

English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.

David Ginola

I have been keeping myself fit. I am going on holiday next week in the Mediterranean so that I can really unwind after the football season and have a rest.

David Ginola

Football will always be my foremost passion.

Dave Barry

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

Dave Barry

I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to watch, even if the TV is showing replays of what we call a "good hit," which is a tackle that causes at least one major internal organ to actually fly out of a player's body.

David Storey

I don't enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people's amusement. I enjoy it if I'm being paid a lot for it.

David Moyes

I would like to thank the United staff for making me feel so welcome and part of the United family from my first day. And of course thank you to those fans who have supported me throughout the season.

David Moyes

I found the support inside Old Trafford has been terrific and, if there was ever a show of support for the football club and team, it was in this game. Inside Old Trafford it was terrific, it really was.

David Moyes

I am from a city (Glasgow) that is not unlike Liverpool. I am joining the people's football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans. It is a fantastic opportunity, something you dream about. I said 'yes' right away as it is such a big club.

David Moyes

I am joining the people's football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans

David Moyes

Did we miss out on a lot of targets? No. Was it disappointing? No.

David Moyes

We have played a very good side, playing at the sort of level we are aspiring to. We need to come up a couple of levels ourselves because at the moment we are not there.

David Moyes

A very good side playing at the sort of level we are aspiring to.

David Moyes

It's a great honour to be asked to be the next manager of Manchester United. I am delighted that Sir Alex saw fit to recommend me for the job. I have great respect for everything he has done and for the football club.

Buddy Ryan

Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one.

Buddy Ryan

We might have the worst bunch of guys together we've ever seen as a football team. I don't know what anybody else has, but I'd trade mine with anybody, sight unseen.

Bryant Gumbel

How can you rank BYU No. 1? Who'd they play - Bo Diddley Tech?

Cesc Fabregas

I want to play for Arsenal. When you see football all around the world, you see very few teams who play the way that we play. I just enjoy it. I feel it is my home now.

Cesc Fabregas

He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him - but it is not going to be easy.

Chad Harbach

I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.

Carlos Tevez

I just came to West Ham to play football, the rest is not for me to say.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered while beyond those walls, in the outside world, people allowed life to pass by in afternoons of football and radio soaps, content to do little more than gaze at their navels.

Bryan Robson

If we played like that every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistent.

Bruno Tonioli

When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art.

Ato Boldon

I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used.

Dierks Bentley

And if I want to get involved in choosing sides, I usually pick hockey or football.

Diego Maradona

Carlitos is amazing. He does what he wants with the Arabs. He tells them "I want to go to Buenos Aires" and they say "No, Carlitos, stay here now, we'll give you more money". And then he gets more money!