Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alex Ferguson

Well, football is a hard game; there's no denying it. It's a game that can bring out the worst in you, at times.

Alex Ferguson

I've never played for a draw in my life.

Alec Baldwin

I don't want to be throwing the football on the front yard when I'm 75. I mean, I'm not opposed to men doing that. But I don't think it's gonna work for me.

Alexander Hanson

Im a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.

Alex Karras

I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.

Alex Karras

Everybody always wanted me to be sorry, I guess, and I am. And I'm tired of it. And I want to play football and, well, if I can't I'll have to do something else.

Alex Kapranos

The Beatles were huge for me, ... I used to jump around the room to the red album, the one with all the early hits on it. It made you feel euphoric. It was a sensation I couldn't get from anything else, whether it was playing football, swimming or even seeing 'Star Wars.'

E. M. Forster

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

Drew Bledsoe

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball.

Drew Brees

The only team that believed in me was the Saints, and I feel like I owe them a great debt of gratitude. I want to give them what they saw in me-a guy who could lead this team to a championship.

Drew Brees

We've got something special going here. We want to keep it going. You don't have many opportunities like this, and the window of opportunity for us is now.

Drew Brees

I hope our hopes and aspirations are bigger than setting records.

Drew Brees

I don't believe that you can be too short as a quarterback. It's not about height.

Drew Brees

I grew up in Texas, obviously a huge football state

Drew Brees

When you care about a guy beyond just the field, that's when the chemistry becomes really special.

Drew Brees

I expect to make big plays. And when I don't, I'm upset about it.

Drew Brees

Four years ago, who ever thought this would have happened?

Drew Brees

I was honored to spend time with the President on an issue that is clearly important to him. I was also impressed by his wide receiver skills.

Drew Brees

It's my job to get us in good plays, or more importantly, out of bad plays.

Drew Brees

We always try to mix it up-three-step drop, five-step drop, seven-step drop, naked bootleg. We spread out all these kinds of things to keep the defensive pass rush unbalanced.

Drew Brees

I'm just feeling like it was meant to be. What can I say? The birth of my son, and in the first year of his life, we won a Super Bowl Championship.

Drew Brees

We just believed in ourselves, and we knew that we had an entire city and maybe an enitre country behind us. What can I say? I tried to imagine what this moment would be like for a long time, and it's better than expected.

Drew Brees

The Super Bowl is a realistic goal.

Drew Brees

We all understand what we signed up for, but then again, you don't want this to be a game that puts people in wheelchairs at age 40.

Drew Brees

I get people stopping me on the street like twenty times a day, telling me how great it makes them feel and how it just helps them to go about their day and rebuild their lives. It means a tremendous amount.

Drew Brees

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.

Drew Brees

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.

Drew Brees

I don't know about voodoo, but I believe in destiny.

Drew Barrymore

There's a big world out there. Bigger than prom, bigger than high school, and it won't matter if you were the prom queen or the quarterback of the football team or the biggest nerd. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

Doug Flutie

Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations.

Doug Flutie

Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of college. I still have the same attitude about football I always had. I play hard. I enjoy practice. I'd rather be throwing in passing drills than sitting around and watching TV.

Doug Flutie

The trouble is that right now I want to put as much work into football as I can. It's very important for me to get off to a good start. By the same token, I feel a responsibility to handle the media and those sort of things.

Doug Flutie

My first two years in the CFL, all I thought of was getting back to the NFL - it was like 'I'll put my time in up here and go back.' Then I went and signed a nice contract in Calgary and was like, 'Hey, I can make a living up here, this is great football, and I'm having a blast.