Floored Quotes
"And here I sit, working on my monthly budget. Which sister is cooler?"
"No one calls me with random updates anymore because of the time difference."
"Don't be so consumed with what you're missing that you stop paying attention to what's in front of you."
"This is the kind of posh shit that only the British would think up."
"The rain came out of nowhere, and like a rookie, I'd left my little umbrella back at my flat."
"God bless London, because really, British men knew how to wear suits."
"I'm the man who's about to give you an education, love."
"The moment you see it, how utterly perfect this game is."
"I wanted a bed like that when I was younger."
"I'll expect world-class work from you, Lia, because that's what I expect from everyone who learns under me."
"Sore from sex at thirty-one. What a joke I was."
"But when she looked at me, those big blue eyes held no expectation, no weighty anticipation of what I might be like because of what I did."
"You're not like ... secretly married or something, right?"
"I think fish are pointless, and I am out of my mind terrified of horses."
"I've seen some of the tarts you've wandered off with over the years."
"Women aren't vessels created simply for your enjoyment because you get paid millions of pounds to kick a ball around."
"You ask her questions and listen to the answers, treat her like a normal human being."
"I hardly finished either," I said, quite defensively too. "Less than half a beer and probably two sips of your whiskey."
"Everyone's busy in their own way, Jude," he said evenly.
"So basically, I'm trying to apologize if I was rude at the bar for what I said."
"You showed up on my news app when I was in Haworth. When I saw your picture, I dropped my phone on the floor."
"I'm aware, Lewis. But thank you for the reminder."
"It's not like you hop over to Shepperton much either, little brother."
"I tried to send them a check last year, told him to hire more people so they didn't have to work as hard."
"All right," Declan growled, shoving me with his meaty paw, "that's enough. If you don't quit slamming all the bloody doors, I'm going to rip your hands off."
"I'd spent the best years of my career walking this hallway, staring at those colors and a logo that defined me."
"Probably," I admitted with a sideways glance. "You sure you want to hear this? We're not exactly best mates."
"It was one night. She left her number, and we messaged a few times but couldn't find time to meet up again until last night."
"My point is, if you've got something bleeding into your performance, you better figure it out. Because the second you take it onto the pitch, you've got a problem."
"Why can't you just be content with a normal life?"
"Playing games doesn't keep the world turning."
"I can't remember the last time I gained so much pleasure from something so small."
"Be careful that you don't anchor your thoughts so firmly on the past that it's hard for you to deal with your future."
"Athletes are just normal people who do abnormal jobs."
"The worst thing you can imagine is them hurting and you can't do anything about it."
"It's part of the deal when you love someone so much that you'd die for them."
"I worry about you four every single day as it is, and not because I don't trust you."
"I'm good. And Paige, I'm just about ... nine weeks along."
"You're pregnant, Lia, and in a foreign country and alone. There. That’s three reasons to come home."
"I'm taking my vitamins and eating well and drinking a lot of water."
"All my senses were heightened, my skin buzzed, and my heart pounded."
"This ... this makes us a family, Jude. We'll always have your back."
"No rules," she whispered. "Just ... whatever we want this to be."
"Maybe none of those things will happen, and she'll sell it to some hot, mysterious man who'll sweep you off your feet."
"You get used to it," I told her under my breath. "Do you, though?"
"Fans yelled all sorts of things at players. Some were funny, some were understandably aggravated, some were horrific— racially charged slurs that got them banned for life from the matches of their favorite team. And to a certain extent, no I'd never gotten used to that. On the good days, it was easier to block out the noise, easier to mute the negative voices, and focus on the fans who carried the game in their blood."
"Which was why I decided to answer Isabel honestly. 'Not really, no.'"
"I think what makes the great great is something inside them. Even when their body betrays them, it's still there."
"How dare you speak to him like that," she said in a frigid tone. Icicles hung from her words.
"Because that child will have every-fucking-thing that you never gave me. I will give support. I will give encouragement. I will give anything they need or want because I've learned from you what not to do."
"You changed my life, Jude McAllister," I whispered.
"You're home. Oh, you're home," she cried into my shoulder. My heart felt complete like it hadn't since the day I left.
"But I'm almost twenty-three, Paige. I'm in my last semester of school. And ... and I think I need to consider the fact that just because I can live here after the baby's born doesn't mean I should."
"What does it say about me that the crazier this house is, the more at peace I feel?"
"You never to apologize for calling, lov-Lia."
"I learned a lot," he said ruefully. "On and off the pitch. And for a kid who came from a bloody sheep farm, it was nothing I could've prepared myself for."
"I almost fell off the bed when she started a FaceTime. Fumbling with the bedside lamp, I answered the call once I had it switched on."
"Nobody ever wants to bench the best person for the job, McAllister, and if that's you, then bloody prove it."
"Ohhhh, hi little Banana, I'm your favorite Aunt Molly."
"When you meet the most important person in your life, and your soul can go, Oh, yes, you're the one I've been waiting for."
"We share the same dad, the girls and I do. But my father remarried a woman much younger than him when I was starting college."
"I'm afraid that I'll go to the farm, and it'll be just like the last time I saw them at the pub. My dad will say something awful like he did, and I'll lash out like I did, and we'll be right back where we fucking started."
"I will be happy playing here because the worst thing I can imagine is being away from my heart. That's you, love. Both of you."
"We needed it to do this right. Because now, I know that our future is built on something unshakeable."
"You know patience isn't my strong suit, right? Especially when I know what I want."
"Is this real? I'm not having one of those really vivid pregnancy sex dreams, am I?"
"We can wait a bit longer, love. We have forever."
"Maybe that was how it was supposed to work. We could make all the plans we wanted, but ultimately, the exact right path for us was the one we'd end up on."
"I love you. But I cannot wait to watch you squirm while you wait."
"I knew so much about him, it was ridiculous."