In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision. – Lionel Messi
I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don’t predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble – but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise. – Louise Erdrich
Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose? – Lesley Garrett
I do play football no-holds-barred. Any edge I can get, I’ll take. I’d grab a face mask only in a fit of anger. Uncontrolled anger is damn near insane. – Joe Greene
If I can run, I’m not going to sit out any game. I’m here to play football, not to watch and collect a check. – Logan Mankins
We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful. – Jacob Zuma
I have no interest in owning a football club; I don’t play golf; I don’t like horseracing and I’d rather become a professional bungee jumper than enter politics. – Lloyd Dorfman
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally – you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them. – Larry Fitzgerald
Now let me say that Matt Busby was a great manager and Manchester United wouldn’t be where they are without him. He was a god at the club, but he wasn’t a god to me. Football is like that sometimes. – Johnny Giles
It’s something you dream about as a kid. Like when you play all those NCAA video games as a kid and you create your own player and win the Heisman with a bunch of crazy numbers. It’s the biggest, most prestigious award in college football, so it’d definitely be a dream come true. – Johnny Manziel
I got a couple of front teeth knocked out during a football match when I was hit by a flying elbow. – James Cosmo
Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football. – John Boyle O’Reilly
Sometimes in football you deserve to win but lose. Other times you deserve to lose or draw but you win. That is the game, and it’s why I’ve always said you should never try to predict anything in football, especially in Europe. – Mario Balotelli
They should just open lots of YouTube schools… as well as, like, a games school, where you can play all types of games. Like, if you want to play racing games, you go there and become a pro at that. Same for football or a shoot ’em up. – KSI
I’m playing quarterback, I’m playing football, and I don’t try to make it more than that. – Jared Goff
It’s hard to say that it gets any better to be at your alma mater and run a major college football program. – Kirby Smart
I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That’s when I knew I had some athletic ability. – LeBron James
It has been an honor and a privilege to have had the chance to come back to Liverpool Football Club as manager. – Kenny Dalglish
I spent most of my youth in Manchester, in clubs and football grounds and the Manchester Apollo. – John Simm
I wish my memory weren’t so bad. They tell me it’s from all the football and boxing and the concussions that I got. – Kris Kristofferson
For me, the amazing thing was entering into this amazing world of ‘Sesame Street.’ We’d be in the kids’ room, and there was a door into the soundstage that said ‘1-2-3 Open Sesame.’ I remember pushing that door open and going into this incredible magical world of make-believe. In one episode, I was playing football with Joe Namath. – Kim Raver
If I liken the Pacific War to a football match, I can say to you that the first half is over, we have kicked off after the interval, and we are going to carry the ball into enemy territory for a smashing victory. – John Curtin
As for football in L.A., it’s going to take a loooong time before another team comes here. – Leigh Steinberg
