Famous Quotes & Sayings

Troy Aikman

Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.

Sarah Dessen

When I was a teen, I was never really into the captain of the football team or the student body president. The guys I liked were quirky and different: They listened to music I'd never heard of, never had lunch or gas money, and could always make you laugh.

Sandra Bullock

I know nothing about Christianity, nothing about football, and I'm not a Republican.

Ronnie Lott

Most people would say safety was my best position. To me, the biggest challenge and most gratifying thing I got out of playing football was playing corner, because it was a bigger challenge than playing safety. Playing corner provided me my biggest thrills and my biggest headaches.

Roger Moore

Football is being used as a language in that project...The vital message being communicated to the boys and young men is about safe sex, the use of condoms and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Rod Stewart

I am passionate about football. My support for Celtic FC has got me through some hard times in my life. I still play regularly, too.

Rod Stewart

I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it's because I'm a real working-class.

Robert M. Hutchins

Football, fraternities, and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn't be in the university.

Robert M. Hutchins

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America.

Roger Goodell

I learned in high school that I was going to have to outwork people. I remember running around the track, training for football, and a faster guy ran past me. I just figured, I can outlast him. If I work harder than him, I'll beat him. And to this day I overprepare.

Roger Goodell

My job is to protect the integrity of the NFL and to make sure the game is as safe as possible.

Roger Goodell

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

Walter Payton

A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year.

Walter Payton

There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.

Xabi Alonso

I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.

Xavi

England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!

Xavi

I'd love to play at Wembley. It's special for Barca - and for everyone in football.

Xavi

I like to read the papers. I make my living from football, and I like to know what's going on.

Xavi

If he continues like this then I think Messi will be the best player in the history of football.

Xavi

I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.

Xavi

I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax.

Xavi

In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.

Xavi

I'm a footballing romantic just like Johan Cruyff. We like football that is attractive, attacking and easy on the eye. When you win playing like this it's twice as satisfying. I've always played attacking football: my footballing ideals are very clear and well defined. I've grown up at Barcelona with that style and that's the one I like. I think it's good to win like that, by taking the initiative right from the off.

Xavi

There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.

Xavi

Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football—for me, at least.

Wynton Marsalis

I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers.

Robert Mondavi

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

Robert Kelly

This Celtic football club is much more than a football club to a lot of people its a way of life-

Robert Griffin III

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

Robert Griffin III

If you're out there stressing on your pro day, then you're not going to perform well, so I plan on having a little fun. Play a little music while we're out there throwing the football, have everybody tapping their toes and bobbing their head and just go out there and make the most of the experience.

Robert Griffin III

There's a fine line between playing with fear and then taking bad plays and playing with no fear.

Robert Griffin III

I still don't think it's sunk in that I won the Heisman. I'll be able to reflect back on the season, appreciate those types of things and realize that although I wanted to 'be like Mike' when I was growing up, now I get to go out and be in the NFL.

Robert Griffin III

The Redskins haven't won the division since 1999, and we came in and we did it in one year!