#football player

There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else. ↗

— Pete Hamill

#anywhere #bigger #country #diamonds #disasters

I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career. ↗

— Darren Flutie

#become #career #consistent #could #feel

Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts. ↗

— Bob Lilly

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Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

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Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? ↗

— Jim Bouton

#baseball #baseball players #field #football #football players

I have always been an outstanding football player, I have always had uncanny abilities, great arm strength, an immense ability to play the game from a quarterback standpoint. The problem was that I wasn't given the liberty to do certain things when I was young. ↗

— Michael Vick

#always #arm #ball player #been #certain

As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that every day I have to fight for my place. ↗

— Luis Figo

#day #every #every day #fight #football

The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#being #football #football player #human #human being

Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person. ↗

— Ricky Williams

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There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer. ↗

— Tom Wopat

#ball player #couple #football #football player #i