“We did the opening tailgate party - I'm not a big football person - and it started to rain. I was a little sick and went back to the hotel where we were all staying. We didn't know whether Prince was going to go on or not because the rain got so bad. He had already prerecorded it just in case he couldn't go on. So I'm sitting there wrapped in blankets, with a hot water bottle and hot tea, and he goes on and it's the most magical thing I have ever seen.” KnowsLittlesPersonsBigsWaterPartyCasesFootballGoes OnSittingRainSickHotOpeningTeaHotelStayingBottlesBlanketHot WaterWater BottlesTailgatesHot Tea Author:Stevie Nicks
“I was so mad I wasn't sitting at the stadium watching it [Prince' 2007 Super Bowl performance] in person. So when Prince came back to the box where I would have been after he performed, he said to my makeup artist, "Where's Stevie?" She said, "She's sick, and she was told by our manager that she would have to walk across the football field when the game was over in the mud and try to find a limo, so she made the decision that she couldn't do that." He was not happy that I wasn't there, and now today I'm not happy about it because I should have gone and I should have walked in that mud for him.” ShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensMadeSaidTodayArtistGamesDecisionWalksGoneFieldsFootballSittingShould HaveSickMadBoxesManagersMakeupMudStadiumsNot HappyFootball FieldMakeup ArtistLimos Author:Stevie Nicks
“Compare the credit for a football touchdown, which might be shared by the receiver not only with the quarterback, but also with the linesmen who make crucial protective plays, etc. The success of the touchdown play depends on the receiver, it is true; but in a particular case it might depend far more on the work of others.” PlayMightCasesFootballParticularDependsCreditCompareEtcCrucialProtectiveQuarterbackReceiverTouchdowns Author:Ernest Sosa
“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
“When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago.” YearsLooksPlayerFootballGrewGrew UpYears AgoWeightFootball Player Author:Jack Nicklaus
“My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep me active. That's how I kept my body going.” BodySportsFootballBasketballBaseballActiveTennisWorkout Author:Jack Nicklaus
“Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.” LooksStillsMatterFootballInjuryEquipmentHelmet Author:Sugar Ray Leonard
“If I wasn't playing football, I'd be a juvenile probation officer.” IfsFootballOfficersJuvenilePlaying FootballProbation Author:Brandon Marshall
“You know the FA's the richest football association in the world? Well, I shouldn't say that. They're not the richest at all. What they do is they have the biggest turnover in the world with £325m.” KnowsWorldWellsFootballAssociationTurnover Author:Sam Allardyce
“I'm a football coach. I'm not a doctor ... They don't call plays, I don't do surgeries. We have a great deal here.” PlayDealsFootballDoctorsCoachesSurgeryFootball Coach Author:Bill Belichick
“I was a football player and competitor in life.” PlayerFootballCompetitorsFootball Player Author:Bill Goldberg
“I like watching sports. I like going to sports games and that's kind of my life during football season for sure.” KindGamesSportsFootballSeasonsWatching SportsFootball Season Author:Kris Allen
“You can't control some things in football, but you can control how we view things and how we work.” ViewsFootball Author:Eric Kendricks
“On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won't inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses.” KnowsTeamFieldsFootballDrugKissingWarmBlissHugFootball Field Author:Bill Kurtis
“One of my favourite contemporary fiction writers is a Texan, Ben Fountain. His extraordinary novel, Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk, all takes place within the half-time show at a Dallas Cowboys football game. No one has better summed up the American appetite for spectacle, the link between sports and politics, and the absolute madness of George W. Bush's Iraq War.” LongWarShowsGamesSportsWalksHalfFictionNovelFootballMadnessAbsolutesExtraordinaryIraqContemporaryLinksAppetiteFavouriteCowboyFountainIraq WarFiction WritersDallasContemporary FictionFootball GameTexanHalf TimeDallas Cowboy Author:Adam Hochschild
“I think that the Brazilian football is one of the best in the world. It still is and still struggles for this. We have talented players that can take Brazil to the top.” ThinkingWorldStillsStrugglePlayerFootballBrazil Author:Neymar
“I've played rugby at school a bit. I didn't play football at school; I played football after school.” PlaySchoolBitsFootballRugbyAfter School Author:David Gilmour
“You need to have a great, strong bladder to call professional sports because, especially in football where, you know, you don't know how long a half's going to last and then the timeouts happen and a incomplete pass.” KnowsNeedsLongHappensLastsStrongSportsHalfKnow HowFootballIncompleteBladderProfessional Sports Author:Joe Buck
“On January 20, 2017, Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and he will be given the nuclear codes and the power to launch the U.S. nuclear arsenal, which is comprised of some 7,000 nuclear weapons. A military officer will always be close to Trump, carrying the nuclear codes in a briefcase known as the "football."” StatesGivenPresidentUnitedKnownUnited StatesMilitaryFootballTrumpWeaponsNuclearCodeOfficersNuclear WeaponsJanuaryArsenalBriefcases Author:David Krieger
“We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.” GamesNumbersCompanyGrowingTeamTalentFootballOne DayIndiaCorporatePopularityBoastGreat Team Author:Suresh Raina
“You can feel the same thing in football or soccer - that for the best teams in Spain and England, for instance, the public... they're not really going to cheer at all when they play against bad teams unless they do something spectacular. Even if they're winning by a few goals they'll probably just say, "nah." That's normal and they're not excited about it.” IfsFeelsPlayWinningGoalTeamFootballNormalEnglandExcitedInstanceSoccerCheerSpainSpectacularBest Team Author:Magnus Carlsen
“I think rap was a better move for me but football's been my love since I learned how to walk. I was gonna be a running back or quarterback. That was my life. That was it but things happen for a reason. I wouldn't trade this in for nothing.” ThinkingReasonHappensRunningMovingWalksFootballTradeRapThings HappenQuarterbackHappens For A ReasonRunning Back Author:Rakim
“My son plays football so I coach a couple of his teams. My youngest son just started playing last year and I assistant coached for one of his teams. I try to be there as much as I can. I also want to kill the stereotype. I want them to respect me as a man and a father first and then if you like hip hop go buy my album.” IfsMenWantTryingYearsFirstsI CanPlayLastsFatherTeamFootballSonCoupleHip HopAlbumsCoachesHipsHopsMy SonLast YearStereotypeAssistantsRespect MeYoungest Son Author:Rakim
“There have been miraculous stories in the history of big football events all around the globe, with host nations achieving fantastic results and even winning titles with the support of their fans.” Has BeensStoriesBigsWinningNationsResultsSupportFansAchieveEventsFootballFantasticTitlesHostGlobesMiraculous Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“In football you never know, but generally speaking, I feel more than comfortable here [in Borussia Dortmund]. There' s no place on earth I'd rather be.” KnowsFeelsEarthFootballComfortableBorussia Dortmund Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“Achieving Champions League football is the minimum requirement and always the most important thing for [Dortmund Borussia] club. Beyond that, we want to win a trophy. Maybe the German Cup, because we've reached the last three finals, but haven't won one, so that's a big motivation for us.” WantImportantBigsLastsMotivationThreeWinningAchieveHavensFootballImportant ThingsFinalsClubsCupsLeagueChampionMinimumRequirementsTrophiesChampions League Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“[Albert Camus] was viewed by many as an austere moralist, but it was on the football pitch and in the theatre that he learnt his 'morality'. It's something sensed, it won't pass uniquely through thought. It couldn't possibly.” FootballMoralityTheatreMoralist Author:Catherine Camus
“I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.” PeopleSportsFootballTennis Author:Bernie Ecclestone
“[NFL fans] wish they'd shut up and play football, and I think the vast majority of people, "Shut up and act! Shut up and sing! Shut up and star in your TV show! Just shut up and do what you do, but shut up!" I think they're wearing out their welcome.” PeopleThinkingPlayShowsWishStarsFansFootballTvsMajorityWelcomeNflShut UpTv Shows Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Back in Kansas City, I associated Harvard with sort of gnarly guys who wore capes for effect in a kind of Oscar Wilde scene. Even though I also knew there was such a thing as the Harvard-Yale game, I was still a little surprised that Harvard had a football team. I just assumed if there were such a thing as gay people, that they were nothing like us. Little did I know that probably half the swim team at Yale was gay.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindLittlesStillsGuyGamesCitiesHalfTeamEffectsFootballSceneGaySwimOscarsHarvardGay PeopleFootball TeamKansasYaleCapesWildeKansas CityGnarlySwim Team Author:Kevin Sessums
“I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.” ThinkingLevelsFootballCollegeBowlsCollege Football Author:Dabo Swinney
“I don't go out and play football and stuff - that's not me. I want to think, I want to build, I want to talk, I want to create.” ThinkingWantPlayStuffFootball Author:Edward Snowden
“Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.” CuttingFootballPerspectiveHungGood SensePro Football Author:Jack Kemp
“You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.” GamesFootballFootball Game Author:Jack Kemp
“It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.” PeopleWayTryingPassionSportsRealizingLevelsCarFootballPlanetsCommitmentBillionsFamiliarRacingDiscipleRodeoCar RacingStock Car Racing Author:Tom Brady
“When I was playing college football, they would take the football team to a ballet school. We would learn to do tour jete's to prepare us when you are running in pursuit to tackle a ball carrier and you get hit, or somebody comes from another angle. This way you can spin away from the hit and your foot is out so you can go right into your run - basically, it pushed us toward the tackle. There's a good tweet: "Take ballet - it will push you towards the tackle."” WayRunningSchoolTeamFeetFootballCollegeBallsPursuitBalletAngleTweetFootball TeamCarrierCollege Football Author:Gary Busey
“You can relax more when you're playing a silly character than when you're playing a really rigid character. But to be fair, I think George Clooney is a bigger teenager than any of the 'Twilight' cast. He's the guy throwing a football at your head and then hiding around the corner, pretending it wasn't him!” ThinkingCharacterGuyFootballFairsBiggerCastsCornersSillyTeenagerRelaxHidingPretendingThrowingTwilightAround The Corner Author:Anna Kendrick
“We're so concerned about being polite in society, and rightfully so, that it carries over onto a football team. But on a good football team, they are your friends, but first and foremost they have to be good teammates.” FirstsTeamFootballConcernedBe GoodCarriePoliteTeammateFootball TeamGood TeamBeing PoliteGood Football Author:Scott Frost
“It's something I think probably every football team and sports team in America deals with is having people get out of their comfort zone and being courageous enough to fix other people and not just focus on themselves.” PeopleThinkingEnoughAmericaSportsDealsFocusTeamFootballComfortZoneCourageousComfort ZoneFootball TeamSports Team Author:Scott Frost
“I think that's healthy on a football team for competition to exist in every position and probably most important quarterback so that everyone on the team knows that position isn't handled any different than any other.” ThinkingKnowsImportantDifferentTeamPositionFootballHealthyCompetitionQuarterbackFootball Team Author:Scott Frost
“Frank Lampard is the best ever at Chelsea and one of the best I've ever played with and against in world football today, and I think what set him apart was his dedication and hard work.” ThinkingWorldHardTodayFootballHard WorkDedicationFrankChelseaBest EverHard Work And Dedication Author:John Terry
“Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.” IfsPoliticalPoliticsFootballHolesMotivational SportsDaylight Author:John F. Kennedy
“An important mentor for me, in terms of teaching me that there's a right way and a wrong way to do things, was probably my football coach. And playing football was one of the first times in my life that I realized nothing is given to you. You have to work really hard.” WayFirstsImportantHardGivenTermTeachingFootballFirst TimeCoachesI RealizedMentorRight WayWrong WayPlaying FootballFootball Coach Author:Kenny Chesney
“I don't support hate speech. I don't want to support a racist football team or bands that are offensive.” WantHateSupportTeamFootballBandSpeechRacistOffensiveFootball TeamHate Speech Author:Simon Tam
“If we write our laws and design them around the most privileged members of society, i.e., billionaire football team owner, then we forget about the people who don't have the same resources to make an appeal, to fight a wrongful accusation. Those tend to be members of the LGBT community and people of color because those are the people who tend to engage in the work of reappropriation to subvert discrimination. And yet those are the same ones being denied, based on their own identities.” PeopleIfsWritingLawFightingCommunityForgetTeamDesignIdentityFootballColorMembersResourcesDiscriminationAppealsOwnersLgbtDeniedPrivilegedBillionaireAccusationFootball TeamLgbt Community Author:Simon Tam
“I was always interested in acting, but in my high school sports was the cool thing to be part of, and I was still very into being cool. So I played a lot of basketball and football. But I always had that want to be in theater and to be a part of theater arts. But in my school, it was just a really nerdy thing to be a part of. Everyone in my school wore bowler hats - they were always on, always acting, and all so big. I was like, "I can't be that", even though I wanted to be.” WantArtStillsI CanBigsWantedSchoolSportsActingFootballBasketballHigh SchoolTheaterHatsBeing CoolCool ThingsNerdyBowlersBowler Hats Author:Cedric Yarbrough
“The Democrats have to do what he did when [Rahm Emanuel] was chairman of the Democratic House Campaign Committee, recruit veterans, recruit football players, recruit business people. And I think that's what the job of the new party chair has to be.” PeopleThinkingJobsHousePartyPlayerFootballDemocraticDemocratCampaignsChairsCommitteesVeteranChairmanFootball PlayerRecruit Author:Mark Shields
“I think my time at West Brom was successful, that's my take on it. I look back on the work I did there with a lot of pride, I enjoyed my time. Unfortunately it ended a bit prematurely but that's what happens, that's the nature of modern day football.” ThinkingLooksHappensBitsSuccessfulModernFootballPrideWestEnjoyedMy TimeModern Day Author:Steve Clarke