Andrew Strauss Quotes

The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they're going to be like the dodo bird. Extinct.

It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.

I think it was fantastic being in the 49ers Hall of Fame.

England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!

My dad is a fan of football, too, and did a good job of making me understand the history of football.

When you walk in the door at Green Bay and see the murals of all the football players you knew as a fan, it can get to you. I grew up being Bart Starr and Paul Hornung on the playground.

We often compare footballers with players of the past.

I love football movies.

I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy.

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud... He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

I would say that Juventus is a myth not only in Italy, because it's the most loved team in Italy, but also around the world. And it has been in my family since birth.

I was a Barcelona fan. My favorite player was Ronaldinho. But I watched a lot of English football and admired lots of English teams.

Italian football remains a very successful product, which has inspired people all over the world.

I love English football because of its brilliant atmosphere, intensity of the competition and the culture of respect that fans and players have for the game.

If you have a love for sport, everybody knows the success of Madrid in the '60s, Ajax in the '70s, Bayern Munich, and so on.

I love football. I mean, I've gotten a chance to spend a couple of moments with Peyton Manning and have just deeply intense great football nuance conversation with him.

It is obviously wonderful to be linked with a club with the history of Liverpool.

A generation of men really built the NFL and gave guys like me a shot, and a lot of these guys are left out in the cold by the league and forgotten.

A lot of my family follow Liverpool, including my dad Tero and my uncle. In Finland I would say Liverpool is the biggest team, it started in the 1980s with the games on the TV. And then obviously they have had two Finland legends in Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypia.

I played in Green Bay. I look at their stadium, I look at the Packers Hall of Fame and all the things that go into that experience. I feel the Oakland Raiders are an organization that deserves something like that.

We definitely have a football mentality. My dad was a football player also, so just growing up, that's how it was.

I like English football very much. It is truly one of the best leagues in the world.

The Champions League and the Premier League are now both huge, but the tradition and history of the FA Cup is still very special.

Such great goalkeepers have played in England over the years - the likes of Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, and Bert Trautmann.