Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carles Puyol

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.

Carlo Ancelotti

Football is the most important of the less important things in the world.

Buzz Bissinger

I actually like football a great deal.

Buzz Bissinger

There are the medical dangers of football in general caused by head trauma over repetitive hits.

Buzz Bissinger

But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.

Buzz Bissinger

In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics.

Bum Phillips

The harder we played, the behinder we got.

Burt Bacharach

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

Bum Phillips

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.)

Bum Phillips

I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.

Bum Phillips

I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)

Bum Phillips

Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.

Bum Phillips

Respect all. Fear none.

Bum Phillips

Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.

Bum Phillips

That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)

Bum Phillips

There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.

Bum Phillips

You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

Bud Grant

We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge. It reminds me of a bunch of cows.

Bud Grant

A good football coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback - but not necessarily in that order.

Bud Wilkinson

Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.

Jane Lynch

Football is very masculine and, to me, a metaphor for war.

Esther Williams

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

Erin Andrews

I'm in love with college football. I have such a blast with it.

Gary Busey

I lost my athletic scholarship by injuring my right knee. That right knee kept me out of Vietnam, and I went into Drama. I put them all together with a football foundation and the house was built on Drama - and love and kindness and understanding and grace.

Gareth Bale

I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.

Gareth Bale

When I was younger, I had some close friends who always loved European football, and Real Madrid at that time were the dominant force. I remember family holidays when we used to go to Spain, and we'd bring back replica shirts of Real Madrid and pretend to be the players when we played in the park.

Gareth Bale

I probably prefer Spanish football to the others. It's very technical, the way they play; they keep the ball well, and whenever Spurs have played against Spanish teams in the past, they've always made it difficult for us.

Gareth Bale

I was always looking out of the window, looking at my watch, thinking about when I could play football.

Gareth Bale

As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.

Freddy Adu

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

Christian Kane

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.

Chris Spielman

Football is a direct reflection of life. There are wins, there are losses; you get knocked down, you get back up.

Jerry Glanville

If you're a pro coach, NFL stands for 'Not for long.