“For 350 years we have been taught that reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man. Football's place is to add a patina of character, a deference to the rules and a respect for authority.” MenWritingYearsHas BeensCharacterReadingSportsFootballTaughtReadyAuthorityAddConferencesDeference Author:Red Smith
“I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend.” MatterWorryGrowingFootballAuthorityTrendsIntervention Author:Kenny Cunningham
“For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is.” LongProblemGamesTakenFootballAuthorityRacismEnglandRefuseAcknowledge Author:Rio Ferdinand
“Jorge Luis Borges had the soapbox and the authority to complain about this myopic understanding of the duty of Latin American writers, which sometimes forecloses their unique modernism and experience of modernization in favor of a mythic past or an artificially constructed ideal national subject. So likewise in João Gilberto Noll, readers shouldn't expect samba and Carnival and football. The Brazilian national identity is not one of his primary concerns.” SometimesPastUnderstandingIdentityFootballDutyAuthorityUniqueConcernComplainingLatinModernismLatin AmericaAmerican Writer Author:Adam Morris
“I am very athletic, actually, and I'm good at most sports. But I was never a successful athlete, because I have a lot of trouble with authority. To be a good athlete, you have to have sort of a military attitude. You have to enjoy being coached, and that was not something I ever liked. But more than that, I don't like practice, and coaches hate anybody that doesn't like practice. If you saw me throwing a football, you'd say, "Wow, he knows how to throw a football." But put me on a field, I'm not gonna stand out.” HateSportsEnjoyAttitudeSuccessfulTroubleMilitaryFootballAuthorityAthleteCoachesStanding OutAthletic Author:Michael Showalter
“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” SelfHardSportsSacrificeFootballHard WorkAuthorityRespectPerseveranceDenialNflCoachingHard TimesMotivational SportsDedicationNot Giving UpAthleticAmerican FootballBest FootballFootball PlayerFootball GameSelf-denialInspiring FootballAthlete MotivationalInspirational FootballBest SportsPro FootballSoccer PlayerFootball CoachBest AthleteInspirational PerseveranceSports FootballSports CoachGreat FootballFootball MotivationMotivational BaseballMotivational FootballAthletic MotivationalHardwork And DeterminationNfl FootballInspirational Football CoachDedication And PerseveranceNfl PlayersSelf PerseveranceBaseball CoachPerseverance In LoveFamous CoachPrice Of SuccessHard Work And DedicationPerseverance And Hard WorkPerseverance SportsFootball LeadershipHard Work And PersistenceWork DedicationHard Work DedicationMonday Night FootballGridiron Author:Vince Lombardi
“You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.” SportsLevelsFootballHigherAuthorityAchievementDeterminationMarkNflMotivational SportsConsistentlyConsistencyInspirational SportsAmerican FootballHigher LevelFootball TeamFootball GameGreat SportsInspirational FootballPro FootballSports FootballGreat FootballBest PerformanceSports SpiritSportsman SpiritIndividual Performance Author:Joe Paterno
“When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins the football game? I don't know anybody on the team, they have nothing to do with me... why am I here and applaud? It does not make any sense." But the point is, it does make sense: It's a way of building up irrational attitudes of submission to authority and group cohesion behind leadership elements. In fact it's training in irrational jingoism. That's also a feature of competitive sports.” IfsKnowsWayDoeFactsCareSchoolGamesWinningSportsBehindsAttitudeGroupsTeamBuildingFootballAuthorityElementsTrainingHigh SchoolMake SenseFeaturesI CareIrrationalSubmissionFootball GameBuilding UpCohesionJingoismCompetitive Sports Author:Noam Chomsky