When I arrived at Lugo, the whole world told me you can't play that football in Segunda B. I said we could, and was there six years.

I am in a lot of pain. They say it is more pain than when you have a baby but I don't know as I have not had one. It is not possible.

Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game.

That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have had no chances and scored twice.

Guys don't seem to think this, but the stuff that girls talk about is more raunchy than what guys talk about in a football lockeroom.

If you look at old football pictures, the jerseys were hanging, the sleeves were dangling, but now everything is tucked and tailored.

There's a special part of Messi's brain allowing him to see the split-second chaos of football in his own personal super slow motion.

We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.

I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.

Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. We're in it for the bigger goal - to move it along for the next generation.

I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.

I think the next United manager is already at the club. It could be either Ryan Giggs or Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, who isn't at the club.

The mold that everyone is seeing nowadays is kind of the Aaron Rodgers mold - I try to mix and match from the different quarterbacks.

Were cricket and football abolished, it would bring upon the masses nothing but misery, depression, sloth, indiscipline and disorder.

Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.

I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.

Thankfully we had a big drive there in the fourth quarter after the fumble to put us up 11, and then the big drive to finish the game.

For me, playing the game of football, obviously there's a lot of emotions going on. But I always like to keep calm and just be myself.

I might be in a bit of a Skoda garage rather than a Mercedes garage, but I am telling you some old bangers don't half polish up great.

Professional football is no longer a game. It's a war. And it brings out the same primitive instincts that go back thousands of years.

It doesn't matter who you are, football's a business. At some stage you're going to have to leave a football club, that's just normal.

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.

Analysts say Obama's new immigration plan will focus on deporting violent criminals. So, this could impact your fantasy football team.

If you said, 'What is the most important aspect of winning football games?' I don't think I could give you an answer to that question.

It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking about.

Having not had a chance to review the tape and obviously not been in the tunnel, I will take the Wenger amendment on this one for now.

Frankly, I loved playing there. The Americans are incomparable for the sport's business, and they're beginning to truly love football.

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

I concentrate on training. I go to the gym. I want to put the football first, not the social media or what's going on around the camp.

Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome.

My perfect first date? Maybe a concert or a football game. That would be my ideal first date, but would the girl like it? I dont know.

Bayern's midfielder, Owen Hargreaves, who scampered around the pitch like an office boy on amphetamines for the last 25 minutes or so.

Discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it. Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can.

I'm proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that's not good.

We believe that African football is among the best in the world and very much characterized the Puma brand mentality, which is to win.

Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.

Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after each play.)

I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.

It's still about making a good decision. We all want to have the Reggie Bush's of the world on our football team, but it's not reality.

I played football in the ninth and 10th grade. I looked a lot like Joe Namath, so I think my looks got me there more than my abilities.

I'll tell you, there were only a few games in my career where I was totally oblivious to everything around me, where I was in the zone.

I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid. I didn't want to hurt anyone.

If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.

I love football. The games are a pure rush. By the time I'm done playing, I want to be among the best tight ends ever to play the game.

but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game

It is difficult to single out one sport over another, but if I have to name one in my separation suit, it will undoubtedly be football.

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.

I was brought here [New Orleans] for a reason. I feel like I can make a tremendous impact, not only with the team but in the community.

The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.

I'm thankful for the experience and to be able to coach other young people on their journey through college football. It's a privilege.

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