“Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.” ThinkingNeedsSeemsCan DoFootballRootsConnectionsSupporter Author:Graham Taylor
“Shevchenko is the best attacker in Europe. He has a great deal of consistency and he just keeps scoring - which in Italian football is very difficult. He is a complete player, someone who can do everything on a football field.” DifficultCan DoDealsPlayerFieldsFootballEuropeItalianConsistencyFootball Field Author:Andriy Shevchenko
“In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different tempo, a different dynamic. London is fast, productive, creative but it is not England. If you want to transfer that to football, you could say: in the four big English clubs and maybe in the one or two behind them there is a top level. Everything that comes after that rather mirrors English society. It's honest, fair and hard, sometimes also fast, but not always so perfect.” IfsWantTwoDifferentSometimesHardBigsCertainCan DoPerfectLevelsBehindsCreativeFourHonestFootballFairsEnglandMirrorsClubsLondonBoundariesLikesManagersSoccerProductiveChairmanTransfersTempoEnglish Society Author:Jens Lehmann
“To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked.” IfsGivingMatterHappensRunningCan DoSituationFootballJudgingBallsEnglandNo Matter WhatAttackingDefendersCan Do Something Author:Jose Mourinho
“One thing you can't beat in this world is time. I learnt that the hard way. You can't play basketball forever. You can't play football forever. You can't bodybuild forever. I mean you CAN do it, but not at a high level against younger guys who have more time and have not reached their peaks yet. There's only so much the body can do and once you're done, you can't go back in time.” WorldWayMeanHardDonePlayBodyGuyCan DoLevelsForeverOne ThingThis WorldFootballBasketballBeatsMore TimeYou Can Do ItHigh LevelHard WayBack In TimeGo Back In Time Author:Ronnie Coleman
“If you play football, theres going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.” IfsTryingI CanPlayHelpingCan DoFocusTeamFootballPercentRateBotherInjuryBothering You Author:Larry Fitzgerald
“Everything I do I always feel very confident. Whether it's tennis, badminton, football, whatever. I just go out there and think I can do it and most of the time I can. What I'm good at I don't mind saying because it's not a secret, is it? For me confidence is so important. It's good to know I can go out on the field and feel I can take on the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsMindI CanImportantCan DoSecretFieldsFootballTennisI Can Do ItBadminton Author:Nicklas Bendtner
“It's freaking football. There are going to be big hits. I don't understand how they can do this after one weekend of hitting. And I can't understand how they can suspend us for it. I think it's a bunch of bull.” ThinkingI CanBigsCan DoPlayerFootballBunchWeekendHittingBullsTacklingNfl Players Author:Brian Urlacher
“Counter football is not something weak teams only can do by the way. It is sometimes said in a way as if counter football is inferior. It's not.” IfsWaySaidSometimesCan DoTeamFootballWeakInferiors Author:Guus Hiddink
“Racing is not football or baseball or basketball where you can do it yourself. If you're good in high school, you just shine. (But in racing) you have to have a family behind you.” IfsSchoolCan DoBehindsFootballBasketballHigh SchoolBaseballShiningRacingYou Can Do ItBehind YouDo It Yourself Author:Trevor Bayne
“Football is what I love, and I know I can do it, too.” KnowsI CanCan DoFootballI Can Do It Author:Joey Harrington
“In my first season I was learning about English football in a new team. I scored 13 which isn't bad, but I think I can do better.” ThinkingFirstsI CanCan DoTeamFootballSeasonsSpainEnglish Football Author:Luis Garcia
“People who are following their dreams inspire me. I train at this relatively new gym in West Hollywood called Training Mate. It's owned by a former Australian football player named Luke Milton. The classes are mostly taught by other Australians that are just like Luke: fit, funny, cute, and approachable. Now they're talking about opening another location. He will open another location and be successful because he's following his dream. People like him inspire me because they make me think I can do it too.” PeopleThinkingI CanDreamCan DoTalkingClassSuccessfulPlayerFootballInspireTaughtFitTrainingHollywoodTrainWestFollowingOpeningFormerCuteBeing SuccessfulGymMatesLocationAustralianLukeI Can Do ItFootball PlayerMiltonWest Hollywood Author:Dayna Devon
“This kind of directing, I think, is very similar to being a football coach. You prepare your players and place them in the right places, but once the game is on, there's nothing much you can do - you can smoke a cigarette or get nervous, but you can't do much.” ThinkingKindGamesCan DoPlayerFootballCoachesNervousSmokeCigaretteRight PlaceFootball Coach Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Talking about football on TV is something I can do with my eyes closed.” I CanEyeCan DoTalkingFootballTvs Author:Michael Clayton
“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
“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 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
“If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.” IfsInspirationalBelieveMotivationalCan DoChanceFootballSoccerTeamworkYou Can Do ItBelieve You Can Author:Arsene Wenger