“You can go to the pictures or read a book, but football constantly comes back into your mind. It's not a job, it's a life. It takes up your time, thoughts and energy and it can damage relationships with those around you.” MindBookJobsEnergyFootballDamage Author:Howard Wilkinson
“But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. (telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books” BookRealSportsFireFansFootballTragedyDestroyedDormsAuburnGators Author:Steve Spurrier
“when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation. In the book, that's how all the sports helped me in my strategies for football and life.” NeedsFeelsBookUsedSportsAbilitySituationFootballCapacityStrategyAthleteEnduranceAthleticStaminaWrestlerAthletic Ability Author:Dhani Jones
“There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - were talking sixth grade here - that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making stuff up ever since.” WritingLongHas BeensBookStuffTalkingPlayerChildhoodFootballDrawingComicGradesComic BookGave UpFootball PlayerPro FootballSixth Grade Author:Adam Ross
“Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.” YearsHas BeensMadeBookHelpingCareTogetherCultureWinningCommunityVisionSupportFourProgressBuildingFootballPrideMembersSeasonsResponsibleClubsHelping OthersLeagueSeatsBritainWorking TogetherMassiveFour YearsChampionshipWho CaresStadiumsCelticShared Vision Author:Fergus McCann
“My favorite sports novel is End Zone by Delillo. It's such a great looking book too, the black cover with the football player on it. It's just a fantastic little book.” LittlesBookEndsSportsBlackNovelPlayerFootballMy FavoriteFantasticZoneFootball PlayerFavorite Sports Author:Chad Harbach
“After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered while beyond those walls, in the outside world, people allowed life to pass by in afternoons of football and radio soaps, content to do little more than gaze at their navels.” PeopleWorldLittlesBookUniverseWaitingFootballWallLaysRadioAfternoonSoapBoundlessOutside WorldNavel Book:The Shadow Of The Wind Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“I have always been accused of taking the things I love - football, of course, but also books and records - much too seriously, and I do feel a kind of anger when I hear a bad record, or when someone is lukewarm about a book that means a lot to me.” FeelsKindMeanBookCoursesRecordsFootballAccusedThings I LoveLukewarmI Love Football Author:Nick Hornby
“[T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” IfsYearsBookDoneFeelingsSchoolLastsFallLeftMistakeAirFootballSummerPagesCleanObligationPassingPassingsHatsAutumnVacationLast YearSeptemberGatheringAnnualsSchool DaysJubilee Author:Wallace Stegner
“There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place, and a birthday cake with seven candles on it in the center of the table. The cake had a book drawn on it, in icing. My mother, who had organized the party, told me that the lady at the bakery said that they had never put a book on a birthday cake before, and that mostly for boys it was footballs or spaceships. I was their first book.” FirstsSaidBookMotherPartyBoysFootballTablesSevenOrganizedHatsCakeCandleTriflesSpaceshipsJellyIcingBirthday CakeBakeries Book:The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Source: The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel