Football Statistics Quotes

I'm a massive football fan, so when Ladbrokes approached me and asked me to take a look at the statistics, I jumped at the chance.

There are a lot of people in England with good football knowledge.

My numbers are better than Troy Aikman, but he has Super Bowl rings and he's played with Hall of Famers as well.

Statistically, the teams are getting the chunk plays - the explosives - are the teams that are going produce more yards and more points.

At USC, if you're running back there, and you do gain you over 1,500 yards, people see you as a candidate, but not one of the top ones.

Field-goal percentage is very important.

For 20 years they have asked me the same question, who is the greatest? Pele or Maradona? I replay that all you have to do is look at the facts - how many goals did he score with his right foot or with his head?

I like college football a lot, because it's the dream that you're chasing. The dream of one day possibly making it, with the harsh reality that only one percent make it.

This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game. I think that's a totally overblown stat.

I get the normal stats, like tackles and pass completion and high-intensity runs. I get them after every game to see how similar they are to every game and to make sure I'm hitting the targets - or not too far away from them.

I've scored as many goals for Manchester United in the Premier League as for Chelsea, but in something like 30 games less.

Literally everybody talks about 56 percent completion percentage. It gets brought up in every meeting. It's something I'm trying to work on.

If I were to make a list, I would include the interceptions, the sacks, the really painful losses. Those times when I've been down, when I've been kicked around, I hold on to those. In a way those are the best times I've ever had, because that's when I've found out who I am. And what I want to be.

If you look at football over the last 50 years there has been a gradual decrease in goals, you don't see too many 10-nils these days, but two, three or four goals per game is a good spectacle.

No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.

Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats, and I don't know how you can argue with that. Look at my combined yards. I'm not one to make excuses, so I'll play by their rules and not even count the USFL stats.

I'm not a numbers type of guy who says I need this many yards, this many touchdowns.

Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.

I wouldn't say I play better for England, but my goals-per-game ratio is definitely better.

Most goals are scored between the posts.

I really don't look at comparing things that way because even in a 14-game season, there could be a running back who could have a lot more carries than other running backs.

Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.

To be perfectly honest, I follow football the way I follow television. I read about it.

You look at stats for a guy who is a pretty good linebacker, he'll make 100 tackles. You make 100, you're averaging seven or eight tackles a game. If you play every down, that's a good number.