Famous Quotes & Sayings

Russell Wilson

I had this urge to play the game of football because so many people said I couldn't do it.

Russell Wilson

I remember my dad asking me one time, and it's something that has always stuck with me: 'Why not you, Russ?' You know, why not me? Why not me in the Super Bowl? So in speaking to our football team earlier in the year, I said, 'Why not us? Why can't we be there?'

Ronald Koeman

Everything is s*** because we lost.

There's nothing I like more than football ...except for sex.

Roman Abramovich

I'm realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I'm crazy.

Roman Abramovich

The goal is to win. It's not about making money. I have many much less risky ways of making money than this (buying Chelsea football club). I don't want to throw my money away, but it's really about having fun and that means success and trophies.

Roger Federer

My wife doesn't like Football but she watches it just for Messi.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.

Roland Joffe

If you spend a whole afternoon just eating popcorn and watching football, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if that's all you do, you get swept along with the tide, without any idea of where you're going.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Before you go anywhere, Mr. Football Player,” Nita said, “I want to know exactly what your intentions are toward my Blue.

Susan Cain

When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion.

Thomas A. Edison

Baseball is the greatest of American games. Some say football, but it is my firm belief, and it shall always be, that baseball has no superior.

Simeon Rice

I approach football like a street-ball game, like I'm playing with the fellas in the yard.

Sidney Crosby

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.

Sidney Crosby

Growing up in Canada, I didn't watch football much.

Natalie Goldberg

It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.

Tony Romo

I've played long enough to know that certain games are certain ways. You're gonna throw it less in others, more in others, and just look at what the team needs that day to win a football game.

Tony Romo

When you're younger, it's about 'How can I get better? How can I become the player that I want to be?' As you get older, it's 'How can this football team improve?' While all along getting better along the way.

Tony Romo

One of the reasons I'm lucky is to be around an owner like Jerry Jones. I'm not just saying it. The reality of it is the guy wants to win. As a quarterback, you need ownership and people in the front office and organization to help you win. If you don't get that help, you're always going to be fighting an uphill battle. You feel that, being a part of this organization with Jerry, that he's going to bring in people and sign people and want to improve this football team every year. It allows you to feel like, hey, we have a chance and I have a chance to do some special things around here.

Simone Elkeles

Football players are misunderstood. They arent the dumb jocks people think they are.

Simone Elkeles

I'll explain it to you. To me it's more than a game." She touches her chest and says, "When you love something as much as I love football, you just feel it inside. Did you ever love doing something so bad that it consumed you?" "A long time ago." "That's what football is to me. It's my passion, my life… my escape. When I play, I forget everything that sucks in my life. And when we win…" She looks down like she's embarrassed to admit what she's about to reveal. "I know this is going to sound stupid, but when we win I think miracles can happen.

Simone Elkeles

She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood.

Simon Kuper

Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that just as oil is part of the oil business, stupidity is part of the football business.

Simon Jordan

Andrew is an integral part of the team and he is staying at my football club. The reality is I need him to score the goals that will get us promoted.

Tony Kornheiser

So instead of the Super Bowl, we've got the Stupor Bowl. Two once-proud teams, now 0-4 and stumbling through the season like zombies. And if you think the Cowboys are bad (and they are), the Redskins are so bad that every few plays you have to put a mirror under thieir noses to make sure they're still breathing.

Tony Kornheiser

Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of. For centuries, we ruled everything, and now, in the last ten minutes, there are all these incursions by women. It's our Alamo.

Tony Dorsett

You hope in this life that you grow and don't always repeat your mistakes.

Tony Dorsett

You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.

Tony Dorsett

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen.

Tony Evans

Thanksgiving is not just a warm, cozy holiday. It's not merely a time of recreation and relaxation and watching football all day. As we give thanks, we need to put our mind, soul and spirit into our thanks and into our praise.

Tony Dungy

I enjoy watching football on TV. Many times I can visualize the whole field, even on the TV screen, because I still know enough about what the teams are doing.

Tony Dungy

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.

Tony Dungy

We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.