“I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.” DoneFootballNeededExcitedPlaying Football Author:Eric Cantona
“More and more these days what I find myself doing in my stories is making a representation of goodness and a representation of evil and then having those two run at each other full-speed, like a couple of PeeWee football players, to see what happens. Who stays standing? Whose helmet goes flying off?” TwoStoriesHappensRunningEvilPlayerFootballCoupleGoodnessStandingSpeedFlyingThese DaysRepresentationFootball PlayerHelmet Author:George Saunders
“Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.” WritingSportsEnjoyHurtFootballContactContact Sports Author:Irwin Shaw
“As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins.” LongGoneTeamFootballFootball TeamRedskins Author:Jack Kent Cooke
“Football is a more beautiful game in high definition.” BeautifulGamesFootballDefinitionsHigh Definition Author:Jose Mourinho
“Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play.” IfsKnowsWayPlayRunningFilmMovingGamesKnowingStudyTeamFootballBeatsChessOffenseBishopsPawnsChess Game Author:Junior Seau
“I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play football against me while he was the 'permanent quarterback.' I didn't know exactly what the age difference was, but I was already playing against older guys.” KnowsYearsPlayAgeRememberUsedGuyDifferencesFootballBrotherPermanentMy BrotherRemember WhenQuarterbackAge DifferenceOlder Guys Author:Junior Seau
“We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was in writing, art, on the hockey field or on the football field. It's something that makes you feel - 'I can do this stuff'.” KnowsFeelsWritingLittlesArtI CanMatterStuffCan DoMemoriesChildhoodFieldsFootballOur ChildrenTriumphHockeyI Can Do ThisFootball FieldGreat Memories Author:Michael Morpurgo
“I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.” Growing UpGrowingFootballObsessed Author:Michael Sheen