Famous Quotes & Sayings

Uri Geller

I don't take myself seriously all the time; I have to do quirky things, such as helping football teams, moving the ball away from McAllister's foot, getting into The Sun and The Star - because, you know, I like sensationalism, it's a part of what I do.

Urban Meyer

I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved.

Tyrone Willingham

As you understand the game of football, you understand that it is about wins and losses.

Tyrone Willingham

It's certainly a loss for us here at the University of Washington, because Jeff Compher has been a wonderful friend and administrator. Jeff is a football man first, but he has the compassion and desire to make all of Northern Illinois' programs successful. He's one heck of a guy.

Rodney Harrison

There's nothing easy about winning a game in the National Football League, let alone winning a championship, things that we've done in the past. However, that's in the past.

Rodney Atkins

The energy of college football rivals that of a live performance for me. I am an extremely analytical guy and predicting these games is right up my alley, especially with a little luck thrown in. It is even more fun when I am winning and I have to say, I have fared quite well in my predictions.

Roberto Mancini

In football, if you don't score a goal then you cannot win.

Roberto Mancini

United have more experience but we have a much better team and play much better football,

Roberto Mancini

A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time.

Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners.

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.

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.

Trevor Brooking

I come from a generation where I couldn't even contemplate such a thing. I find it amazing. You can become a multi-millionaire as a club player without playing international football. But international football is about individual pride and wanting to perform at the highest level. If I got picked at 41, I would have played, even if I thought I would make a fool of myself. I just wanted to play for my country.

Ryan Giggs

I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the Olympics coming to London and the football being played in different parts of Britain.

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

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.

Zinedine Zidane

Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.

Zinedine Zidane

Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.

Rising or sitting, standing or walking, may we not stumble with our right or left foot upon the earth!

Jeff Mullins

Playing football gave me the option of having school paid for while doing something I love,

Playing a football game is not our highest priority at this time.

Matthew Moy

In my living room - it's probably going to be moved to my office soon because it freaks too many people out - I have a huge seven foot statue of 'Seven of Nine' of 'Star Trek Voyager.'

If the kid gets it a foot inside the uprights, I'm probably still in Tennessee.

I realize that so many people remember Reggie for the great football player that he was.

Scott Adsit

I put my foot in my mouth more than I speak properly.

Maria Sharapova

I played a really good, solid first set. Then I got a blister on my foot and the taping made it worse.

Graeme Smith

His foot flares up from time to time, and with the Test series just around the corner, we don't want to do anything to make his injury worse. His workload will increase in the Tests, so we are watching him carefully. He may be left out of the team for tomorrow's match.