Football Quotes

“I can't get away from the game. I love the game. I don't know what I would do without it.”

“All I had to do was run. There was nobody there.”

“I just couldn't see myself playing in the same backfield with a guy who ran a 4.3 forty. You can't be a star in a 4.3 forty backfield.”

“In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.”

“The first 60 minutes are the most important.”

“As a defender, you're not supposed to be noticed. If you're noticed, it's because you've made a mistake.”

“I've always had a belief that if you've got the ball, the other team can't score.”

“Goalkeeping is a separate art.”

“It's a game of blocking and tackling. The team that does that the best is going to win.”

“The best thing about it is that I am a Scot and he is a Scot. It doesn't get any better than that.”

“They'll score if they can just get into the end zone.”

“The Crazy Gang have beaten the Culture Club.”

“Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors wins.”

“Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.”

“Our team is a family. We are brothers. We love each other.”

“It's not about the long ball or the short ball, it's about the right ball.”

“Every time I touched the ball, I thought I was going to score. That was my mindset.”

“The save was from a header from Pele, so everyone remembers it.”

“But I have to say that the best save I ever made was from a penalty kick against Geoff Hurst.”

“You've got to be brave to be a goalkeeper.”