“I drink a lot of everything; beer while watching football. I have a taste for whiskey, but Jack Daniels and ginger is about as fancy as it gets with me.” FootballDrinkTasteBeerFancyWhiskeyGingerJack DanielsWatching Football Author:Jeff Gannon
“When spectators and fans say about drunken brawls, violence, and dog fights, "Well, football players are prone to these things - that's why we admire them," they are encouraging terribly detrimental behavior. You might even say - a la Roman gladiators - they are egging on this behavior.” WellsMightFightingPlayerViolenceFansDogFootballBehaviorAdmireSpectatorsFootball PlayerDetrimental Author:Stanton Peele
“I grew up in East St. Louis so I wanted to play baseball as a kid. Then I moved to Nebraska and became a football fan and wanted to play football. But I've always been fighting. Growing up in East St. Louis was hard. You had to fight there.” HardPlayKidsWantedFightingGrowing UpGrowingFansFootballGrewGrew UpBaseballMovedEastNebraskaFootball Fan Author:Houston Alexander
“It's just that with football, when you don't get the ball, you can't show your talents and that's always been something in the back of my mind.” MindShowsTalentFootballBallsOf My Mind Author:Michael Clayton
“Talking about football on TV is something I can do with my eyes closed.” I CanEyeCan DoTalkingFootballTvs Author:Michael Clayton
“I happen to love football so much and hate myself for loving it.” HappensHateFootballHate Myself Author:Steve Almond
“Even a hundred and fifty years ago, football was popular because it provided a manly spectacle that lots of men needed, after the industrial revolution. We went from a culture that lived out doors and expanded the frontier and fought the Indians to a bunch of guys in offices. So football provided this jolt, a kind of exalted cult of masculinity. And it still does that. Perhaps even more so today.” MenYearsKindDoeStillsTodayGuyCultureDoorsFootballRevolutionNeededOfficeHundredYears AgoBunchFiftyCultMasculinityFrontiersExaltedManlyIndustrial Revolution Author:Steve Almond
“Football offers us a sanitized spectacle of combat that has a clear resolution, which we need more and more today given our incoherent overseas "wars."” NeedsWarTodayGivenClearFootballOffersResolutionCombat Author:Steve Almond
“There's an invisible army of woman and men who really don't get why we give so much of ourselves to football. And they need to SPEAK UP.” MenNeedsGivingSpeakFootballMen And WomenArmyInvisible Author:Steve Almond
“Obama said, basically, "I wouldn't let any son of mine play football, though I do watch." And that struck me as remarkable! It's like he's saying, yeah, let some other set of parents or guardians put their boys up for that kind of punishment (and for my amusement). But not mine! It's just abject hypocrisy from a guy who should know better.” KnowsShouldKindSaidPlayGuyParentBoysWatchesFootballMinesSonYeahPunishmentHypocrisyRemarkableAmusementGuardian Author:Steve Almond
“Just imagine what would happen if Obama grew a pair and in his last year in office just said, "Forget it. Football is just too violent and too damaging to the economically vulnerable communities in this country. And it normalizes violence and fosters intolerance, etc." I mean: that would be awesome.” IfsYearsMeanSaidCountryHappensWould BeLastsCommunityForgetImagineViolenceFootballGrewOfficeViolentVulnerableEtcPairsIntoleranceLast YearForget It Author:Steve Almond
“Part of what depresses me so much about football is that it's so clearly about exploiting people, most of them poor boys of color, because of what they can do to entertain us, not because we have any genuine concern for them as people.” PeopleCan DoPoorBoysFootballColorConcernGenuineDepressingPoor BoyGenuine Concern Author:Steve Almond
“Football is Lotto for kids from economically vulnerable neighborhoods.” KidsFootballVulnerableNeighborhood Author:Steve Almond
“Football is the kind of game where you have to really segregate kids from the general population and kind of colonize their minds. It's more intense and demands more than other sports. And this is why the folks who are involved (as players, coaches, boosters, fans) are so much more devoted to it. It's really a cult, when you think about it.” ThinkingMindKindKidsGamesSportsPlayerFansFootballInvolvedDemandFolksPopulationCoachesIntenseDevotedCult Author:Steve Almond
“Football is the most successful cult, in terms of members and profits, in human history. Oh wait, there's also religion.” HumansWaitingTermSuccessfulFootballMembersProfitCultHuman History Author:Steve Almond
“A lot of what I'm having to do to get myself weaned from football is really limit what media I allow myself to consume. And it's a big drag. But it's also the only way to kick the habit.” WayBigsMediaFootballHabitLimitsKicksDrag Author:Steve Almond
“European football games or evening games seem to take a lot more out of you because you don't sleep that night. And as you get older, it gets worse.” SeemsNightGamesSleepFootballEveningFootball Game Author:Ryan Giggs
“There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. You listen to people who have finished and nothing replaces playing, but I'm still excited about not having to put my body through what I've put it through. And not feeling the disappointment that I feel.” PeopleFeelsStillsFeelingsBodyNextCareersFootballStriveDisappointmentExcitedFinishedCompletion Author:Ryan Giggs
“Every football coach worries about every football game.” GamesWorryFootballCoachesFootball GameFootball Coach Author:Ron Zook
“I don't mind talking about a football game - that's fine. I don't want Christians to be unnatural. But I do want to hear them talking fully, freely and naturally of the things of the Lord in their own lives too.” WantMindChristianGamesTalkingLordFootballFineUnnaturalFootball Game Author:Mark Dever
“Look at the growing number of people that want to ban football. Or ban anything that might hurt somebody. Too violent or too brutal or what have you. There's a segment of our adult population that's still children, still kids.” PeopleWantLooksChildrenStillsMightKidsHurtNumbersGrowingFootballAdultsPopulationViolentBrutalBans Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My foot, for a football player, is very beautiful!” BeautifulPlayerFeetFootballVery BeautifulFootball Player Author:Neymar
“When I talk about the chickification of either the news business or football or anything else, some people think I'm joking or making halfhearted fun, little swipes here at feminism, but some of it's really serious stuff. You never, ever, ever hear how women are at fault in anything, just like in this abuse business.” PeopleThinkingLittlesFunStuffFeminismFootballSeriousNewsAbuseFaults Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Nothing is covered adequately by the BBC. The BBC has become the biggest disappointment - they're just so terrified. And in a way it's not their fault: the parties have used them as a political football.” WayPoliticalUsedPartyFootballFaultsDisappointmentCoveredTerrified Author:Irvine Welsh
“I was in Athens for a football match when 9/11 went down, and it was quite spectacular - we went into this bar and tried to find out what happened, and the bartender said "it's only the American and the Arabs. They're not big football nations." So the feeling was, what's it got to do with us? Why are football games being cancelled in Europe? The intelligentsia in the West feel like they have to figure out the significance of it all, whereas people have other pressing concerns, related to basic needs.” PeopleNeedsFeelsSaidFeelingsBigsGamesNationsHappenedFiguresFootballEuropeConcernDown AndWestBarsRelatedSignificanceSpectacularFootball GameAthensBartenderBasic NeedsFootball Match Author:Irvine Welsh
“If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating is something that you can do that gets that athletic urge satisfied, but you get to do it on your own terms. You can be as ballsy as you want to be. It was perfect for me.” IfsWantTermCan DoPerfectTeamFootballSatisfiedUrgesAthleticSkinnySkatingFootball TeamPerfect For Me Author:James Mercer
“I want to play football, I love to play football so if that opportunity is not going to be given there [Manchester City] then I'm going to have to look elsewhere and may have to make somewhere else my home.” IfsWantLooksMayPlayHomeOpportunityGivenCitiesFootballElsewhereSomewhere ElseManchesterManchester City Author:Joe Hart
“I love the Premier League, I absolutely love Premier League games. Removing myself a footballer, I watch the Premier League. It's a great league, fantastic football is played in it.” GamesWatchesFootballFantasticLeagueFootballerPremier League Author:Joe Hart
“When I played football, basketball and baseball, I was always a starter. I played baseball as the number three or number four hitter. Playing baseball, I was the third baseman or pitcher. Football, I was the quarterback. I was always versatile. It came to me naturally. It was always easy.” ThreeEasyNumbersFourFootballBasketballBaseballThirdsPitcherQuarterbackStartersVersatilePlaying BaseballNumber Three Author:Future
“The job now is to institutionalize all of that [Vatican finances], and I wouldn't bet against Cardinal [George] Pell, who hasn't shied away from contact sports since his days as an Australian-rules football star.” JobsStarsSportsFootballContactFinanceAustralianCardinalsContact Sports Author:George Weigel
“Football's not a bastion for toughness. It's not a bastion of anything uplifting or good for men or anybody else.” MenFootballUpliftingToughness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Football is brutality. Football is career-ending, life-threatening injury just by stepping on the field.” CareersFieldsFootballInjuryThreateningBrutality Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I love football. Love it. Love it. I think it's the last bastion of hope for toughness in America in men, in males.” ThinkingMenLastsAmericaFootballMalesToughnessI Love Football Author:Jim Harbaugh
“Football leads to a crime rate among people that play in the NFL that is less than the gen pop, the general population. The numbers have been run. It's just that people who play football are stars and, as such, what they do occurs with greater media scrutiny. So when one of them happens to engage in some sort of questionable behavior, it happens to (in a lot of it people's minds) speak for the whole sport and everybody that plays it.” PeopleMindHas BeensPlayWholeHappensRunningSpeakStarsSportsNumbersGreaterMediaCrimeFootballBehaviorRatePopulationPopsNflScrutinyQuestionableCrime Rates Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I've always felt like the most improvement you can make is from year 1 to year 2, much like a college freshman who the most improvement he can make in an entire one year of college football is going from year 1 freshman year to his sophomore year. Like a pro football player going from his rookie season to his second season. There's a window there that will never come again that you have a chance to making your biggest strides.” YearsFeltChancePlayerFootballCollegeWindowSeasonsImprovementStrideFootball PlayerFreshmanCollege FootballPro FootballSophomoreRookiesFreshman YearSophomore YearCollege Freshmen Author:Jim Harbaugh
“My prototypical quarterback is a competitive guy that's a winner, somebody that has great athletic instincts, somebody who is very accurate throwing the football, a quick-minded guy who can think fast on his feet and can make decisions quickly, someone who has leadership ability, an understanding of timing and can make really good decisions.” ThinkingGuyUnderstandingAbilityDecisionFeetFootballInstinctWinnerThrowingAccurateTimingAthleticQuarterbackGood DecisionGreat Athletic Author:Jim Harbaugh
“Football - it's not fun when you lose. That's a heartbreaking thing. But then there's a new week, and a new opportunity and I definitely get happier and happier as that new opportunity approaches. So 'win the next game,' that's my mindset.” NextOpportunityGamesWinningFunLosesWeekFootballApproachMindsetHeartbreakingNew Opportunity Author:Jim Harbaugh
“What drives me is makin hits and keepin tha fans happy n wantin more. I can't stay put for long so I need to be workin and crankin out hits and projects. Touring. Music. TV. Films. Headphones. Football leagues. That's what keeps it movin. U aint gotta get ready when you stay ready.” NeedsLongI CanFilmFansFootballReadyTvsProjectsLeagueTouringHeadphones Author:Snoop Dogg
“The Premier League is the No1 league in the world in many areas. The events, the shocks, the production, the viewing figures, the worldwide audience are by far the best. Do I think at this moment in time it's got the highest quality levels in Europe in terms of Champions League football and domination of that area? In quality terms it needs to rise again to get to that point where it's by far the best in all areas.” ThinkingWorldNeedsMomentsTermLevelsQualityAudienceEventsFiguresFootballHighestEuropeAreasProductionsLeagueChampionShockDominationMoments In TimePremier LeagueChampions League Author:Gary Neville
“I love the introduction of international managers and players into the Premier League. However Manchester United's principles through their history had always been: they will appoint a British manager, there will always promote youth, they will always play a certain style of football, they will always look to entertain. So to me the idea of appointing a British manager, David Moyes, appointing somebody who deserved that opportunity to step up, was the right principle.” LooksIdeasPlayCertainOpportunityUnitedStepsPrinciplesPlayerStyleYouthFootballInternationalBritishManagersLeagueIntroductionStep UpManchesterManchester UnitedPremier League Author:Gary Neville
“I think it would be great for football in Britain if Pep Guardiola wins leagues and dominates for a while with the way he likes to play and the players he'll bring in.” IfsThinkingWayPlayWould BeWinningPlayerFootballLikesLeagueBritainPep Author:Jamie Carragher
“I always wanted to be a one-club man, I always wanted to play for Liverpool. If I had gone out of the team in my twenties or early thirties I would've left because I love playing football.” IfsMenPlayWantedLeftGoneTeamFootballTwentiesClubsLiverpoolPlaying Football Author:Jamie Carragher
“Some people say 'Why is a football coach concerned?' I explained I'm an American first and all Americans should care about justice.” PeopleShouldFirstsCareJusticeFootballConcernedCoachesFootball Coach Author:Jim Harbaugh
“If I may make a football analogy, we're a team whether we're a football team or community or the United States of America. We are part of a team and I believe the people on that team have a right, but they also have the obligation if there is something that is not good or we don't agree on, to speak about it.” PeopleIfsBelieveMayStatesAmericaSpeakI BelieveCommunityUnitedUnited StatesTeamFootballAgreeObligationUnited States Of AmericaAnalogiesFootball Team Author:Jim Harbaugh
“I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because you sprain your ankle crying "Mama, mama!"” WantPlayGuyCryFootballToughMamaGood GuyAnklesTough Guy Author:Mr. T
“There's hockey and football players tougher than me, there's gangbangers tougher than me. But my toughness is more, Jesus said "Be of tough mind, but tender heart; be tough as a serpent, but tender as a dove." That's who I am and what I do.” MindHeartSaidJesusPlayerFootballToughWho I AmHockeyDoveToughnessSerpentFootball PlayerTender Hearts Author:Mr. T
“When I was nine years, growing up on the south side of Chicago, in the ghetto. The Robert Taylor Projects. I came home from school, I showed my mother a picture and said "Momma, that's you in the rocking chair. There's daddy over there." I said, "Momma, one of these days, I'm gonna be big and strong. I'm gonna be a football player. I'm gonna be a boxer. I'm gonna buy you a beautiful house and I'm gonna buy you pretty dresses." That's all I want to do in life.” WantYearsSaidHomeBigsSchoolBeautifulMotherHouseStrongSidesGrowing UpGrowingPlayerFootballProjectsDressesSouthNineThese DaysChairsChicagoDaddyGhettoBoxersFootball PlayerNine YearsMommaRocking Chairs Author:Mr. T
“As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.” KnowsBelieveLooksLongYoungGuyKnownPlayerOne ThingFootballHappeningsConceptsPreparedThings HappenGreat ThingsLeagueNflAppreciatedAnticipateJust BelieveRookiesNfl PlayersSymposium Author:Russell Wilson
“I think the part that people get confused is that when you come in National Football League at a young age, they tell you to try to look for other things to do, and be ready for everything else in your life just in case. But as soon as you have a bunch of success, they think that's the only thing you can do, that you can only be a football player. I think God has gifted me with so many other things other than just football, and that's what I want to bring to the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantTryingLooksAgeYoungCan DoCasesPlayerFootballReadyBunchLeagueThings To DoConfusedGiftedYoung AgeFootball Player Author:Russell Wilson