“I grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and went to a big high school called Douglas McArthur where there was a lot of track and a lot of football. It was a bit like 'Friday Night Lights.' I used to spend a lot of time at the track.” BigsLightSchoolUsedNightBitsFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolTrackTexasFridayFriday NightAntonioNight LightSan AntonioFriday Night Lights Author:Norah O'Donnell
“I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks.” HeartTwoMightRunningAgeBitsPiecesFootballLegsI RealizedOld AgeThirtyRisingRetiringBobWagesCurtainsLungsLacePuffGuinea Book:New and Collected Stories Source: New and Collected Stories
“When I played football was somewhat taboo for a girl. Today it's not as much of a problem. Not all girls want to play football but it's not a case of 'Oh my god she plays football, that's a bit odd.' It's a lot more accepted now.” WantPlayProblemTodayGirlBitsCasesFootballAcceptedOddTaboo Author:Hope Powell
“One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.” KnowsFirstsDoeSaidHardNextGamesBitsTakenFootballFindingsFirst TimeGolfManagersSoccerReservesChairman Author:Ron Atkinson
“It sounds blase but there is a certain amount of luck. We'd all like to take a certain amount of credit for Kevin Doyle... I can't really remember what it was I particularly liked about Kevin when I watched him in Ireland. I had five pints of Guinness in the afternoon and it was all a bit blurred.” I CanRememberCertainBitsSoundFiveFootballAmountLuckCreditManagersSoccerAfternoonIrelandChairmanKevinPintsGuinness Author:Steve Coppell
“Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'” SometimesAsksGamesBitsWatchesTelevisionFootballManagersSoccerBoredIntensityChairmanContinental Author:Arsene Wenger
“I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it.” IfsThinkingMadeSchoolHateBitsImagineFootballFinancialMathStuckFinanceMade ItImagine ThatLove HatePlaying FootballLove Hate RelationshipLove And Hate Relationship Author:Matteo Manassero
“I think any football is a guy that is able to one, be able to be humble and hungry off the field, but at the same time on the football field understand what they have to get done and be a little bit ferocious.” ThinkingLittlesDoneAbleGuyBitsFieldsFootballLittle BitHumbleHungryBe HumbleFootball Field Author:Ndamukong Suh
“Im a huge Rugby Union fan, which is a bit like American football - but tougher.” BitsFansFootballHugeUnionsRugbyAmerican Football Author:Alexander Hanson
“I grew up in Tennessee where you either play football or you don't do anything at all. So I was a bit of loner, being interested in music.” PlayBitsFootballGrewGrew UpLonerTennessee Author:Justin Timberlake
“Every time you lose you die a little bit. You die inside...a portion of you. Not all of your organs. Maybe just your liver.” LittlesMotivationalDiesBitsLosesFootballLittle BitNflPortionsOrgansAmerican FootballLiver Author:George Allen
“Arsenal will always have a place in my heart and that is the same for so many other people too. There's a strong sense of 'family' at the Club and it is why those people that leave so often find their way back, to be around that feeling and I believe that even when you go a bit of you never leaves Arsenal anyway, that is how it has been for me. I'm just so glad that I've been able to be part of the story of the football club.” PeopleWayBelieveHeartHas BeensStoriesFeelingsAbleStrongI BelieveBitsFootballMy HeartClubsGladArsenalFootball Clubs Author:Thierry Henry
“I was a football player at college and dislocated my thumb. I was out for a bit and passed the theatre and saw some lovely drama students walking into an audition for 'Much Ado About Nothing' and thought: 'That's what I'll do when I recover.' I joined that production and was hooked.” BitsSawsPlayerStudentsFootballCollegeWalkingDramaProductionsTheatreLovelyAuditionsThumbsHookedFootball Player Author:Clark Gregg
“I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit and finally we ended up in Georgia. I grew up playing softball and at the age of nine I decided I was going to be an Olympian.” LittlesAgeFatherBitsBornFootballGrewLittle BitGrew UpDecidedNineBunchCaliforniaChicagoGeorgiaSoftballAtlantaOlympianFalcon Author:Elana Meyers
“I always say artists must broaden their research. I go to casinos, fly fishing, to show apartments in new residential buildings, watch fairs, the football, ikebana courses, survival expeditions, Dungeons & Dragons nights, and it doesn't matter which of these I personally want to do — that is my job. That’s true research; otherwise, it would be a bit like masturbating.” WantMatterShowsWould BeJobsArtistNightCoursesBitsWatchesBuildingFootballSurvivalResearchFairsFishingDragonsApartmentFly FishingCasinosDungeonsExpeditions Author:Ryan Gander
“I think (fantasy football) has become something that needs to be looked at in terms of regulation. Effectively, it's day trading without any regulation at all. When you have insider information, which has apparently been the case, when you have people who use that information, use big data to try and take advantage of it, there has to be some regulation. If they can't regulate themselves, then the NFL needs to look at moving away from them a little bit, and there should be some regulation.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsShouldTryingLooksLittlesUseBigsMovingBitsTermCasesFantasyInformationFootballLittle BitAdvantageDataNflRegulationTradingInsidersMoving AwayFantasy Football Author:Jeb Bush
“I like to sneak a game or two of 'Madden' somewhere in between studying and sleeping; it helps me unwind and get my mind off football for a little bit.” MindLittlesTwoHelpingGamesBitsSleepStudyFootballLittle BitHelp MeSneakUnwindMadden Author:Will Poole
“There's a lot of dancing in football. You can see Victor Cruz doing a little bit of a cha-cha or samba move in the end zone. You can see Terrell Owens getting his popcorn ready. You can see Ochocinco doing the Riverdance. But not so much when it comes to ballroom.” LittlesEndsMovingBitsFootballReadyLittle BitRiversDancingZonePopcornCruzBallroom Author:Emmitt Smith
“Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.” SchoolBitsTeamFootballHigh SchoolFootball TeamNerdy Author:Norah Jones
“You have to sometimes shoot from the second row, that's all football. So you have to be a bit more flexible.” SometimesBitsFootballFlexible Author:Franz Beckenbauer
“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
“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
“I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign language.” KnowsLittlesLanguageBitsFootballBasketballLittle BitBaseballSoccerRugbyAmerican FootballForeign Language Author:Morgan Freeman
“I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.” ThinkingStatesBitsFootballFameConceptsFortuneSeekingIdyllic Author:Hope Solo
“I'm blessed to have a little bit of success in football.” LittlesBitsFootballLittle BitBlessed Author:Tim Tebow