I like a lot of sports. Especially football – it’s my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups. – Rafael Nadal
Three coaches at Notre Dame made a big difference in my life, not that I played any football when I attended Notre Dame. But Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, and Lou Holtz – they all made a difference to me, and I respected them for their attitudes about life and how they handled loss. – Regis Philbin
If you say you’re going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma’am. And you’ve got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it’s with workouts, film or just the game of football. – Robert Griffin III
I had this urge to play the game of football, because so many people – I shouldn’t say so many, a handful of people – said I couldn’t do it. For me, it was one of those things that I just believe in my talent that the Lord gave me, and I wanted to take advantage of it. – Russell Wilson
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don’t want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life. – Pete Rozelle
When I look back at football, I’ve always said to myself, ‘I’d rather leave the game and have something in my tank rather than have left all of me out on the field.’ – Richard Seymour
My thing is, and I’ve always been this way – to get to know as many people as I possibly can on a personal level, so that way, when you get on the football field, you’ve got your buddy right beside you, and you’re ready to go. – Russell Wilson
If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas. – Ricky Williams
I enjoy a glass of wine, and I love my football. I suppose it’s because I’m a real working-class. – Rod Stewart
America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen. – Peter Welch
Instead of being like the other kids going to soccer or football practice, I was wrestling every day. – Rey Mysterio
I mean no disrespect to Scottish football, but the Premier League is the biggest stage and highest profile league of all. – Peter Shilton
There’s far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don’t realize. It’s not just about playing football and getting paid to do it. There’s a lot of things that you have to deal with. – Robert Griffin III
In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to. – Pat Summerall
There’s never been completion in my football career because I’ve always been striving for that next thing. – Ryan Giggs
I’ve been accused of being a bit too keen on my football, not least by my three ex-wives. – Sean Bean
Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins. – Paul Brown
The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games. – Questlove
If I can join hands with FIFA and other continental bodies to promote football globally, then I can do more than that to raise African football to new heights. – Roger Milla
You know, I started this process of being a football player and I’m going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by ‘finishing that,’ I mean that I’m going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen. – Robert Griffin III
In real football, I wouldn’t want Terrell Owens anywhere near my team. But you’re nuts if you don’t take him in fantasy. – Randy Cross
I haven’t seen a new football play since I was in high school. You have just so many holes in a line and you have eleven men playing, and there’s only so many ways you can go through those holes, and those ways have been used for forty, fifty years. – Red Grange
We’ve got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it’s the only place it’s played in the world. – Rachel Griffiths
Hmm, the best thing about being in the NFL? In America it’s the No.1 sport; it’s exciting, fun, so to me the best thing is the buzz that surrounds football on and off the field. – Reggie Bush
