Bob Paisley Quotes

I do play football no-holds-barred. Any edge I can get, I'll take. I'd grab a face mask only in a fit of anger. Uncontrolled anger is damn near insane.

Sometimes you get into fights if a teammate is getting taken advantage of, sometimes just from competing and you feel someone takes a cheap shot. It's just the intensity. It's an intense game, sometimes you just get too fired up and fights happen.

I love tackling, love it. It's better than sex.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

It's always a battle to play against Diego Costa.

I play with a lot of emotion because I'm a passionate guy, and I play with that passion. I love playing that way. Sometimes you're late onto the ball, sometimes you're not. Sometimes you make contact with the guy when you tackle him, sometimes not. It's a sport where individual duels are vital, so I don't see it as a problem.

I love sports, and I'm a hugely competitive person.

Of course, everyone knows my history as far as technical fouls, but I don't think you can match the intensity that I bring to the floor.

Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.

It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.

When I step on the field, you know what you gonna get.

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.

Football is a violent game. We are violent men.

We don't really have favorite positions. Its mostly just playing the game that we love.

I love football; I enjoy it. That's why I've been in this game as many years as I have. I still like it. I get excited about it.

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.

Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

I think I am someone who is happy playing football. It is just that. Whenever I go onto the pitch, I always try and be happy. That is the big motivation that I have always had. Nothing else.

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

I live football as passion and emotion.

It goes without saying that I love the game, the tactics, the training, and everything that happens on the pitch.

In England, every game is like a derby, because it's physical.