The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. – Lewis Grizzard
I’ve been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family. – Gordon Strachan
A lot of people say second seasons are harder than the first because people are now expecting you to do stuff, so yes, that’s down to me to work hard and try and improve and, like I say, just letting my football do the talking. – Harry Kane
I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women’s football in the States is a bit idyllic. Look at all the teams in America that have folded, and the leagues. – Hope Solo
It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football, before there were face guards. – Gregg Easterbrook
Football has always been violent. In the early days of the game, they didn’t wear hard helmets. They wore soft helmets, which were just designed to protect the ears. In the ’40s and ’50s they began to introduce hard helmets, which provided much more protection against things like skull fractures. – Greg Ip
The most dangerous area is the centre, which has to be either attacked or defended in football, and it’s the same in chess. – Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them. – Henry Rollins
When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that’s when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football. – Hope Solo
I know that there are coaches in the Bundesliga that have said in team meetings, ‘Provoke Xhaka; he will eventually go ballistic.’ I think that is sad. That, in my view, has nothing to do with football. – Granit Xhaka
You don’t hear a film director saying ‘Money mustn’t go out of the industry’ to actors. You don’t hear a concert promoter saying ‘We must make sure that money doesn’t go out of our industry’ to Elton John. Some people in football seem to think, ‘Never mind the players, let’s get on with the game.’ – Gordon Taylor
In high school I was the manager of the football team, so being around boys is natural to me! – Hillary Scott
Do I miss football in Scotland? It keeps you really alive, that’s for sure. Your heartbeat fluctuates. I’m flatlining at the moment which is actually quite nice but you need to go up and down to stay alive. – Gordon Strachan
In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There’s no time for proper coaching; they’re just recovering from playing on the Saturday. – Graham Taylor
I play football like chess. You have to think a lot and anticipate what could happen after you make your move. – Henrikh Mkhitaryan
There is only one thing I want to do here, and that is play football to the best of my ability. If I let things start distracting me, I’m not going to be able to do that, which will jeopardise the team as well. – Jamie Vardy
Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf. – Jesse Jackson
The game is just, everybody talks about baseball, but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything. – Joe Montana
So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked. – Jose Mourinho
The intensity of the football and how the people live football in Liverpool – it is not a usual. – Jurgen Klopp
For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I’m not a big strong guy. I’m not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I’m not interested in guns, I’m not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I’m going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir. – Johnny Weir
I’m looking forward to the intensity of football and how the people live football in Liverpool. It’s a special club. – Jurgen Klopp
Although I hardly ever turn on the TV set unless it’s football season, I do watch a lot of TV on my iPad – perfect for long airplane journeys. – Joshua Bell
In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete. – John Legend
