“Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.” PeopleBoysFieldsFootballSeriousImpression Author:Peyton Manning
“Manchester United breathe football. When I have to make hard decisions, I always listen to little boy inside me and what he wants. That little boy was screaming for United.” WantLittlesHardDecisionUnitedBoysFootballBreatheLittle BoysManchesterManchester UnitedHard Decision Author:Robin van Persie
“I mean I was very shy but I was also very extroverted because I was doing plays. I'd been doing plays since I was a little kid. But, I did feel like an outsider because I went to like a 'college-prep' kind of high school that had a really big football team and was known for its program so I was like this weird boy that did plays.” FeelsKindMeanLittlesPlayBigsKidsSchoolKnownBoysTeamFootballCollegeHigh SchoolProgramShyOutsidersLittle KidFootball TeamPreps Author:John C. Reilly
“And the other was this: the doctor did want to take off my leg because he thought it was necessary. But you must remember boys in those days were raised for two things: work, and then they made their play; and if you couldn't play baseball and box and play football, why, your life was ended. That was in our boyish minds.” IfsWantMindMadeTwoPlayRememberSportsBoysFootballDoctorsBaseballRaisedBoxesLegsTwo ThingsBoyish Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Talking about success in society, no one can complain, because today everyone can choose what he or she wants. They don't just have to choose between being proletarian or middle-class. Those kinds of things do not exist anymore. Today working class boys can play football and become multimillionaires. On football! There are no longer classes, who say that we are poor, we are suppressed by you etc.” WantKindPlayTodayPoorTalkingClassBoysMiddleFootballComplainingEtcMiddle ClassWorking ClassAbout Success Author:Odd Nerdrum
“Any time you do an Adam Sandler film, it's kind of like a boys' club, because you're hanging out and there are guitars around, and basketballs and footballs and electric bikes and scooters and different people dropping by.” PeopleKindDifferentFilmBoysFootballBasketballGuitarClubsHanging OutAdamElectricBikeDifferent PeoplesDroppingScooters Author:Kevin Nealon
“I'm a lucky boy. Never wanted for anything; new tracksuit, new pair of football boots. I had a happy childhood.” WantedBoysChildhoodFootballLuckyPairsBootsHappy Childhood Author:Martin Compston
“Too often girls accept that of course the boys will get better lighting and seating at their sports events, of course the football team will get more attention, privileges, and space in the yearbook. We need to teach girls to look around and notice when they're being treated like second-class citizens, and then to insist on equal treatment.” NeedsLooksGirlCoursesSportsSpaceAttentionAcceptingClassBoysTeachTeamEventsFootballCitizensEqualPrivilegeEqualityTreatedGet BetterTreatmentWomens RightsLightingFootball TeamSecond Class CitizensYearbookEqual Treatment Author:Mariah Nelson
“I wasn't like other boys. At any rate, I wasn't like my three elder brothers: they excelled at football and they were like other boys, going up to bed each night hugging annuals filled with stories about the glories of Pele and Danny McGrain.” StoriesNightThreeBoysFootballBrotherBedGloryFilledRateHugEldersAnnuals Author:Andrew O'Hagan
“In high school I was the manager of the football team, so being around boys is natural to me!” SchoolNaturalBoysTeamFootballHigh SchoolManagersFootball Team Author:Hillary Scott
“Kenny was actually here at Melwood as a 15-year-old schoolboy. He came on trial and he went home afterwards. It was only later that Bill Shankly realised that Dalglish was here as a boy and he went mad! He said 'how did we miss him?' Kenny just had the football brain. He was born with it and you can't give that to people. He had that natural born talent.” PeopleGivingYearsSaidHomeBornNaturalBrainBoysTalentMissingFootballBillsMadTrialsRealisedKenny Author:Ian St John
“The reason I went to an all-boys Catholic school was because they had the best football team. We won the state championship my junior year. It was super-competitive. We lost in the semifinals my senior year, and it still haunts me.” YearsStillsStatesReasonSchoolLostBoysTeamFootballCatholicChampionshipSeniorJuniorsBest FootballFootball TeamCatholic SchoolSenior YearJunior Year Author:Theo Rossi
“I've been a feminist since the day I was born. I wanted to play football. I didn't want to play with dolls; I wanted to play with boys and didn't understand why I couldn't.” WantPlayWantedBornBoysFootballFeministDolls Author:Lizzy Caplan
“I played no sports well. Because I was a boy in the United States Of America, I was forced into Little League and played horrible Little League baseball, and played football and basketball in school situations where I was forced to.” WellsLittlesStatesSchoolAmericaSportsUnitedSituationBoysUnited StatesFootballBasketballBaseballHorribleLeagueUnited States Of AmericaLittle LeagueLittle League Baseball Author:Ira Glass
“I think my boys handled it pretty much the same way with their children, but my grandsons all ended up playing football or lacrosse.” ThinkingWayChildrenBoysFootballMy BoysPlaying FootballGrandsonLacrosse Author:Jack Nicklaus