“I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.” IfsThinkingCitiesOpinionTeamFootballRootsGreat Football Author:Paul Tagliabue
“It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in the back of our house, a little front yard where you could get touch football games going. I know you think of it as a big city, but it was fun for me to grow up in New Orleans. I remember it as a very normal childhood.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesBigsKidsRememberGamesHouseFunGrowsCitiesGrowing UpChildhoodFrontsFootballBasketballNormalNeighborhoodYardsNew OrleansFootball GameBig CitiesTouch Football Author:Eli Manning
“Look, I understand that for a lot of people, the US is superior to their country of residence in myriad ways, but I'm Australian. We have it all: the weather, the beautiful cities, the brand of football that involves neither padding yourself up like Santa Claus nor standing in a line in front of goal and covering your testicles.” PeopleWayLooksCountryBeautifulGoalLinesCitiesFrontsFootballStandingSuperiorsWeatherBrandsSantaAustralianCoveringSanta ClausResidenceTesticlesBeautiful City Author:Max Barry
“Football is the best way to get to know a people and a city.” PeopleKnowsWayCitiesFootballBest WaySoccerAnalysis Author:Ardal O'Hanlon
“If someone states that Ajax played a negative game then maybe we are smarter than Manchester City.” IfsStatesGamesCitiesFootballNegativeManagersSoccerSmarterChairmanManchesterAjaxManchester City Author:Ronald Koeman
“The dog is in Portugal and the city of London is safe.” CitiesDogFootballSafeLondonManagersSoccerChairmanPortugalCity Of London Author:Jose Mourinho
“Baseball is green and safe. It has neither the street intimidation of basketball nor the controlled Armageddon of football.... Baseball is a green dream that happens on summer nights in safe places in unsafe cities.” DreamHappensNightCitiesStreetsFootballSafeBasketballSummerBaseballGreenControlledIntimidationUnsafeArmageddonSafe PlacesSummer Nights Author:Luke Salisbury
“Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.” CountryCitiesFootballCollegeCoachesCollege Football Author:Lou Holtz
“When I was growing up in Baltimore, the Colts were not just a team that played in the city. It was part of the city. Football players didn't make close to the money they make today and most took jobs in the off-season. Some were mechanics, others worked at furniture stores, and you could find them drinking at a neighborhood watering hole.” TodayJobsCitiesGrowing UpGrowingPlayerTeamFootballSeasonsDrinkingStoresHolesNeighborhoodMechanicFurnitureFootball PlayerBaltimoreOff SeasonColts Author:Barry Levinson
“My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city, he had no choice.” ChoicesBornCitiesFansFootballSonBallsMy SonKickingLiverpoolLiverpool Fans Author:Fernando Torres
“Back in Kansas City, I associated Harvard with sort of gnarly guys who wore capes for effect in a kind of Oscar Wilde scene. Even though I also knew there was such a thing as the Harvard-Yale game, I was still a little surprised that Harvard had a football team. I just assumed if there were such a thing as gay people, that they were nothing like us. Little did I know that probably half the swim team at Yale was gay.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindLittlesStillsGuyGamesCitiesHalfTeamEffectsFootballSceneGaySwimOscarsHarvardGay PeopleFootball TeamKansasYaleCapesWildeKansas CityGnarlySwim Team Author:Kevin Sessums
“I want to play football, I love to play football so if that opportunity is not going to be given there [Manchester City] then I'm going to have to look elsewhere and may have to make somewhere else my home.” IfsWantLooksMayPlayHomeOpportunityGivenCitiesFootballElsewhereSomewhere ElseManchesterManchester City Author:Joe Hart
“When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.” LittlesPlayKidsSportsParentCitiesGrowing UpGrowingFootballBaseballLeagueLittle League Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“Even though I support the blue side of Manchester's football heritage, I don't really mind that wherever I go in the world it's not Manchester City that starts the conversation. 'Ah, yes, Manchester United,' is the response when I say where I come from. It's commonplace everywhere - in Europe, Africa, Asia and even the U.S.” WorldMindSidesUnitedCitiesSupportFootballConversationEuropeBlueResponseHeritageAsiaCommonplaceManchesterManchester UnitedManchester City Author:Lucy Powell
“Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many rooms, a watchmaker who left his prize chronometer in the desert, someone who loves you - even, perhaps, against all evidence, a celestial being whose only interest is to make sure your football team, army, business, or marriage thrives, prospers, and triumphs over all opposition.” DreamFatherHouseLeftInterestRoomsCitiesTeamLove YouFootballEvidenceArmyMetaphorDefinitionsDesertTriumphOppositionThrivePrizeCelestialFootball TeamAmerican Gods Author:Neil Gaiman