“You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.” ThinkingAsksQualityPlayerFootballFairsSorrySaintAsk MeI'm Sorry Author:Arsene Wenger
“It was easily the happiest day of my football life and yet people still want to ask me about the suit. When they talk about the day, it's not 'didn't you do well?', it's 'what was that you were wearing?!” PeopleWantWellsStillsAsksFootballSuitsAsk Me Author:Paul Jewell
“I'm French. I have not become an Englishman. I have the impression of living on an island called Arsenal. If you fancy a sightseeing tour of London, don't ask me. You would get lost.” IfsAsksLostFootballLondonImpressionManagersSoccerAsk MeIslandsFancyChairmanEnglishmenLiving OnArsenalSightseeing Author:Arsene Wenger
“I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who are not under the thumb. I'm stronger than that. Did she want me out of the house? Listen, she's wanted me out of the house for the past 27 years and has often asked me not to come back again. But I always show up, and really, she can't do without me, because I'm brilliant.” MenWantYearsShowsWantedJobsPastAsksHouseFootballStrongerBrilliantManagersThis LifeSoccerWant MePermissionThumbsChairmanBack AgainHe Wants Me Author:Martin O'Neill
“Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'” SometimesAsksGamesBitsWatchesTelevisionFootballManagersSoccerBoredIntensityChairmanContinental Author:Arsene Wenger
“Damien is Damien. When I don't put him in the squad my mother, who's 84, asks 'why isn't Damien playing?' She kills me about it and that's true” MotherAsksFootballManagersSoccerKill MeChairmanSquad Author:Claudio Ranieri
“He's showed him the left leg, then the right. Where's the ball, the defender asks? It's up his sleeve.” AsksLeftFootballBallsLegsSleevesCommentatorsDefenders Author:Clive Tyldesley
“If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.” PeopleIfsHas BeensImportantMightAsksWinningGivenAbilitySecretFireFailingTalentFootballImportant ThingsNflAthleticSecret To SuccessWill To WinFire InsideAthletic Ability Book:Comeback Kid Source: Comeback Kid
“It's easy to keep score at a football game because it's just how many times you get the ball over the goal. But, when you ask an audience to tell us how many times the invisible ball got over the invisible goal, and they go, "Well, it was 46," they're just making it up. So, if you're listening to that, as though you're actually listening to the score of a football game, you're misleading yourself.” IfsWellsAsksGamesEasyGoalAudienceFootballListeningBallsInvisibleScoreMisleadFootball Game Author:Gus Van Sant
“People ask me about my interests outside football, but I haven't really got any.” PeopleAsksInterestHavensFootballAsk Me Author:Brian McDermott
“We [with husband] try and spend time alone, which is really hard to do. Of course, when you have kids they're like: "Why are you going out? You went out last night... you can't go out tonight!" so, you try to do that, and you try and ask somebody to please turn off the football game because you can't stand it any longer and you'd rather talk to them.You try to make time for each other where you can. You try to plan a trip away somewhere.” TryingHardKidsLastsNightTurnsCoursesAsksGamesPlansFootballPleaseHusbandTonightGoing OutEnd TimesLast NightSpend TimeMe AloneTurn OffMaking TimeFootball GameAlone Time Author:Julianne Moore
“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.” InspirationalAsksTalkingFootballCollegeNflVolleyballNotre DameNotre Dame Football Author:Lou Holtz
“The game [football] has moved on a lot but still, ask most players and they will tell you that pre-season isn't their favourite time of the year.” YearsStillsAsksGamesPlayerFootballSeasonsMovedFavouriteMoved OnPre Season Author:Colin Kazim-Richards
“Everyone asks me if piano had helped me in football. I guess improvisation and creativity helps on the field, but that's a reach. The two skills are just so different. And, by the way, I get more nervous playing piano.” IfsWayTwoDifferentHelpingAsksCreativityFieldsFootballSkillsNervousAsk MePianoImprovisationPlaying Piano Author:Joey Harrington
“The bacillus of efficiency has also attacked football, and some dare to ask what's the point in playing well. I feel tempted to tell about the time they dared to ask Borges what is poetry for, to which he answered: 'What is a sunrise for? What are caresses for? What is the smell of coffee for?'” FeelsWellsAsksFootballDareSmellCoffeeEfficiencySunriseTemptedCaressBorgesWhat Is Poetry Author:Jorge Valdano
“To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession. Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything. I respect all forms of movement and lifestyles, but I am in a bubble. I wake up, it is in my head; I go to sleep, it's in my head, 24/7.” KnowsMeanFormAsksSportsSleepLevelsMovementFootballWake UpLifestyleObsessionInsaneBubblesGoing To SleepHigh LevelMourinho Author:Conor McGregor
“Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything.” KnowsMeanAsksSportsLevelsFootballInsaneHigh LevelMourinho Author:Conor McGregor
“I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.” IfsKnowsPlayWould BeWantedSchoolAsksParentChurchPartySuccessfulFootballMy FriendsAsk MeBeing SuccessfulGuestsVery HappyPlaying Football Author:Andrea Bocelli
“Do you play football?' Brandon asks. 'No.' 'Baseball?' 'Nope.' Brandon is on a roll and won't stop until he's found the answer he's looking for. 'Tennis?' 'That would be a nada' 'Then what sport do you play?' Carlos puts down his food. Oh, no. He's got a rebellious gleam in his eye as he says, 'The horizontal tango.' ...Alex stands and says through chlenched teeth, 'Carlos let's talk. In private. Ahora.' ....Brandon turns to my dad with big, innocent eyes. 'Daddy, do you know how to do the horizontal tango?” KnowsPlayBigsWould BeEyeTurnsAsksFoundSportsAnswersKnow HowFootballDadBaseballMy DadTeethInnocentHis EyesTennisDo You KnowDaddyRebelliousAlexGleamTangoHorizontalInnocent Eyes Author:Simone Elkeles