Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I’d already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. – Jack Kemp
Football isn’t nuclear physics, but it’s not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across. – John Madden
When I got heartbroken at 20, it just felt like someone had spiraled a football right into my skull. At 40, it feels like someone had driven a 757 right through me. – Junot Diaz
There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you’re going to attract top players. It’s part and parcel of football. – Jermain Defoe
Confidence is sky high, but we’re also all very grounded. We know, in football, nothing can be taken for granted. – Jamie Vardy
I’ve grown over the years and I know how to adapt to situations, where I can go into a situation where there’s a crowd of people and just take over. But pretty much I’m off to myself. And I’m totally committed to the game of football. That’s why I’ve had so much success. – Jerry Rice
The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want. – Jim Brown
I don’t know where football will take me because in football, you never know, but for sure, as a family, our home will be in London. – Jose Mourinho
Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain’t going to accept nothing but a winner. – Ice Cube
Montana and I had a chemistry that was unbelievable. When I first came into the league he told me I added five years to his career, and I just think we complimented each other very well and were able to do some amazing things out on the football field. – Jerry Rice
To me it was never about what I accomplished on the football field, it was about the way I played the game. – Jerry Rice
I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what’s capable of being made. – J. J. Watt
Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you’re capable of. It’s only two teams on that Monday night. – Jerry Rice
‘At Random’ ran on Saturday nights for as long as the conversation was still lively. Sometimes, I’d finish way after midnight, then hop a plane for whatever city I was working a football game that Sunday. – Irv Kupcinet
The biggest thing I’ve found since I left the game – and I’m glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked – is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money. – Graham Taylor
If it’s football season, all things sort of stop. I’m from Seattle, so I’ll watch the Seahawks and whatever other game that day is worthy. – Jeffrey Dean Morgan
My real name is Bob Davis, but for some reason, I got the name Jasper while playing football at the local rec when I was nine years old, and it just stuck. Years later, when someone asked ‘Jasper who?’ I just said ‘Carrott’ – but I have no idea why I came out with that particular word. – Jasper Carrott
It doesn’t matter who you are, football’s a business. At some stage you’re going to have to leave a football club; that’s just normal. – Jermain Defoe
The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society. – Jose Mourinho
I certainly didn’t think of myself as gifted. The standards for being gifted in my environment were if you were good in Little League or if you were good in football. – James Cameron
When my kids were young, we could move and experience different countries and, in my case, different clubs and different football, but there is a moment when they need some stability. – Jose Mourinho
I’ve got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have that urge to say something when you’re watching them. But I’ve learned to keep it to myself. I’ve blurted out some things and embarrassed myself. – John Madden
Both of my sons used to coach high school football. When they started, I’d say things I shouldn’t have. So I learned my lesson. – John Madden
I’ve done my coaching badges, I’ve got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I’m doing now. I’m also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales – and I’m lucky enough to still be involved with both of them. – Ian Rush
Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn’t the real thing. If you weren’t playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside. – Jimmy Connors