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“To me, football is very personal. Even as a kid, I looked at football in dramaturgical terms. It wasn't the score that interested me, it was the struggle.”

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Author:Steve Sabol

“But when Gronk scores - it was like his eighth touchdown of the year - he spikes the ball and he deflates the ball. I love that, because I like the deflated ball. But I feel bad for that football, because he puts everything he can into those spikes.”

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Author:Tom Brady

“The score is high and very brutal but does not reflect what we saw on the pitch. The first shot on goal was a goal. The second was an own goal. The third was straight after half-time. They defend like mad and they catch us on the break.”

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Author:Arsene Wenger

“Remember I've seen a video tape of a Scotland-England match and I've seen him miss a chance from five yards. It was against England and he couldn't score. So what does that say?”

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Author:Berti Vogts

“2-0 is a cricket score in Italy”

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Author:Alan Parry

“Vialli's absolutely certain that he knows one way or the other whether he'll score or not.”

Knows Way Certain Football One Way Score Commentators

Author:Jonathan Pearce

“I'm sure coach Frank Rijkaard will want the Dutch to go on and score a fourth now - although obviously they'll have to score the third one first.”

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Author:Angus Loughran

“Shay Given almost single-handedly won the match for Newcastle against Everton, although obviously he didn't score the goals”

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Author:George Hamilton

“There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in”

Ifs Football Score Commentators

Author:George Hamilton

“Celtic have scored in the 50th consecutive game in which they've managed to score”

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Author:Barry Davies

“No score in the other game betwen top club and bottom club, Switzerland and Georgia.”

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Author:Rob Hawthorne

“The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.”

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Book:Gettin' it on: a down-home treasury

Source: Gettin' it on: a down-home treasury

“You only get a second to score a goal in football. In Wolves' case it was 20 seconds”

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Author:Alex McLeish

“It's easy to keep score at a football game because it's just how many times you get the ball over the goal. But, when you ask an audience to tell us how many times the invisible ball got over the invisible goal, and they go, "Well, it was 46," they're just making it up. So, if you're listening to that, as though you're actually listening to the score of a football game, you're misleading yourself.”

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Author:Gus Van Sant

“Sometimes in football you have to score goals.”

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Author:Thierry Henry

“Peru score their third, and It's 3-1 to Scotland.”

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Author:David Coleman

“You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to do something that very few people get to do - I get to touch the human brain, and every day I get to hit home runs, I get to score touchdowns.”

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Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

“My shooting technique is so poor that if someday I score from outside the box, the keeper has to be banned from football.”

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Author:Dada Maravilha

“My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.”

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Author:Lou Holtz

“You just can't believe how quickly things happen in football and the way life turns. I went from being the bad guy, the worst player who gets all the criticism, to being the player who makes the difference and scores the important goals.”

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Author:Luis Suarez

“I love to watch football.I actually really love to watch almost any competition with a score at the end.”

Ends Watches Football Competition Score

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“I play football every Tuesday and Thursday early in the season. I am smart enough at the game. I score a lot of goals. I wouldn't be the best in the world but I am OK.”

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Author:Usain Bolt

“I knew very little about Rugby. But, I think it helps in terms of an American audience the game is enough like football in that it's a battle for field position and you score by running into what looks a lot like an end zone. I think in terms the nuance of the game, Americans won't get that stuff. I think in terms of the peanut butter and jelly version of what you need to know, I think it's pretty clear.”

“If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?”

“American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East.”

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Author:David Mamet

“Yes, yes, I know all the jokes. What else could I have expected at Highbury? But I went to Chelsea and to Tottenham and to Rangers, and saw the same thing: that the natural state of a football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.”

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Book:Fever Pitch

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