Top 17 English Game Quotes
#1. I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a second chance. It is a rewarding job for me, but one that also reveals many of the faults in the English game.
Glenn Hoddle
#2. There's a certain Englishness about the English game
Mike Parry
#3. Manchester United have risen to the pinnacle of the English game at a time when the rewards are so high - thanks to the ticket to the Champions League - that they have resources that only a handful of other sides, through merit or the exploitation of the people of Russia, can approach.
Phil Cornwell
#4. The English are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game of cricket.
Stephen Leacock
#5. I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don't I get my own team? (English Premiership football club)
Roman Abramovich
#6. Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
George Mikes
#7. I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.
Dick Schaap
#8. Many European guys go to the N.H.L. at a young age, even without knowing English. But they quickly adapt to new conditions, another game, a new country. They are also young, receptive, can move mountains.
Jaromir Jagr
#9. Something like small English films were in vogue you had something like The Crying Game and everyone piled into London and wanted to make small English movies.
Eric Fellner
#10. I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which they can't play very well, and the English language, which I can't speak very well,
Kapil Dev
#11. And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.
Jose Mourinho
#13. The average player has the ball for only 53.4 seconds every game (according to Chris Carling, the English performance analyst at Lille in France) so any player's main job is to occupy the right positions for the other eighty-nine minutes and 6.6 seconds.
Simon Kuper
#14. You're not playing the game," he said grimly. "English gossip isn't supposed to get back to the person it's about.
Elaine Dundy
#15. Many Continentals tink life is a game; the English think cricet is a game.
George Mikes
#16. A lot of people don't know enough about me. When I meet people who freak out about Game of Thrones, they don't even know that I can speak English.
Jason Momoa
#17. You speak very good English for an American.
Nico