Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeremy Clarkson

If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.

Jeff Garcia

I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it.

Goran Ivanisevic

Since retiring I have spent a lot of time with my family, on my boat, and playing football.

Ian Rush

People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.

Ian Rankin

I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in half, cut the edges to make a little eight-page booklet, break it up into squares and put in little stick men with little speech bubbles, and I'd have a spy story, a space story and a football story.

Iain Duncan Smith

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.

Iain Dowie

It's now much more 50-50 in favour of Everton.

Gianfranco Zola

Italians have a very closed life. Football is all their life is.

Jacques Derrida

Beyond the touchline there is nothing.

Jeremy Piven

I'm not a video game guy. I would rather throw around a football.

Glenn Beck

We think Scott has real good vision and good tools. He's quick and can run. He took care of the football for us and didn't put it on the ground. When he saw a crack, he hit it. His line did a good job providing him with opportunities.

Harry Shum, Jr.

I'm really into football, gadgets, adventurous activities, and cooking new, creative recipes right now - but you'll never catch me being boring.

Hank Stram

There are few secrets in football. So execute.

Hank Stram

Football, like life, is about change.

Frank Zappa

I write what I like to write. Those who like to listen to it, listen to it. And the ones who don't, watch football and drink beer, jog, go to discos and so forth. I never claimed to be a man for all seasons.

George Halas

At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play.

George Hamilton

Referee Norlinger is outstanding in the sense that he stands out.

George Hamilton

He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off

George Hamilton

When I said they'd scored two goals, of course I meant they'd scored one.

George Hamilton

The eiderdown of this 2-0 lead is a lot more comfortable than the blanket of 1-0.

George Hamilton

What that situation really needed was a little eyebrows.

George Hamilton

It flew towards the roof of the net like a Wurlitzer

George Hamilton

That's a yellow card for Cazoria. So the next time he's involved in Europe, he won't be.

George Hamilton

Hyypia rises like a giraffe to head the ball clear

George Hamilton

He caught that with the outside of his instep.

George Hamilton

Shay Given almost single-handedly won the match for Newcastle against Everton, although obviously he didn't score the goals

George Hamilton

Here's Henry, trying to burst the bubble still further, if indeed it needs more bursting

George Hamilton

The midfield are like a chef, trying to prise open a stubborn oyster to get at the fleshy meat inside.

George Hamilton

We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head

George Hamilton

There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in

Gus Malzahn

Of course, I was a head coach at high school for 15 years, so as far as on the field stuff it's the same but for college football it's off the field experience you got to get used to. It was a great learning experience for me, I learned a lot and I feel very prepared coming in here.

Gus Van Sant

It's easy to keep score at a football game because it's just how many times you get the ball over the goal. But, when you ask an audience to tell us how many times the invisible ball got over the invisible goal, and they go, "Well, it was 46," they're just making it up. So, if you're listening to that, as though you're actually listening to the score of a football game, you're misleading yourself.

Greg Schiano

The running backs are the strengths of their football team. They have quality players who can do a number of things for their team.