Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stanley Kunitz

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.

Stan Bowles

I blew the lot on vodka and tonic, gambling and fags. Looking back, I think I overdid it on the tonic.

Roy Keane

Sometimes you wonder, do they understand the game of football? (on referees)

Roy Keane

These so-called big stars are people we are supposed to be looking up to. Well they are weak and soft. Priorities have changed in football and they are being dictated to by their wives.

Roy Keane

Some people come to Old Trafford and can't spell football, let alone understand it. They have a few drinks and a prawn sandwich but don't realise what's happening on the pitch

Roy Keane

He's been like a fresh of breath air.

Roy Keane

It was Tottenham at home. I thought: 'Please don't go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham are about. They are nice and tidy but we'll f****** do them.' Alex came in and said: 'Lads, it's only Tottenham.' And that was it! Brilliant!

Roy Keane

I got Robbie's mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it's Robbie - whazzup!' Like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: 'I can't be f****** signing that'.

Roy Keane

I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.

Roy Keane

I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.

Roy Keane

Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind

Roy Keane

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Tom Landry

A team that has character doesn't need stimulation.

Tom Arnold

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quite football.

Steve Sabol

I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn't even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game.

Ricky Williams

Playing in the National Football League, you're told, you know, where to be, when to be there, what to wear, how to be there. Being able to step away from that, I have an opportunity to look deeper into myself and look for what's real.

Ricky Williams

I am more mature. I'm a better football player. I just feel like this is my time.

Sepp Blatter

I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard

Sepp Blatter

The World Cup must remain the number one competition, because it is our only source of money and, with that money, we can develop football in the whole world.

Michael Waltrip

Great news for Pres Obama. He watched football all weekend and tomorrow he will receive the Heisman trophy. Next week he's going to watch NASCAR. Move over, Jimmie Johnson!

Snoop Dogg

I learned how to take other people's mechanisms of promoting their stuff through me as opposed to promoting my own stuff, as far as getting Snoop DeVilles, SnoopDeGrills, Snoop Doggy Dogg biscuits, Snoop Dogg record label, Snoop Dogg bubble gum, Snoop Youth Football League.

Terrell Owens

I had my family before I played football.

Paula Deen

I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name. It's like that black football player who recently came out,

Peyton Manning

When you take a year off from football, you come back for all the enjoyable moments. When you're not playing, you miss out on all the highs, but you also miss these disappointments. But I would rather be in the arena to be excited or be disappointed than not have a chance at all. That's football. That's why everybody plays it.

Morris Chestnut

My idea of a perfect holiday is spending time with the family, waking up on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving morning, watching football all day, having the family come over, people you haven't seen.

Michel Patini

Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And if he comes to Paris now it will be to do something other than football.

Mack Brown

Most players don't mind drug testing once they realize they don't have to study for it.

Luckily, I hurt my foot so I had time to go over the proofs.

David Wright

Last year we started off pretty horrible and this year we're off to a good start. If this was a football season we'd be sitting pretty right now, but in baseball, we have a long way to go.

No, I don't have anything to prove. I just want to go out here and make some plays and win football games.

If we see more techs do well this will provide some sort of a footing for the IPO market.

If this works for Level 3, this is a real turning point. This really gives them a good footprint in the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast.

Guillermo Coria

I lost a toenail on my foot and he questioned whether it was a real injury or not.