“Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.” GamesLosesMistakeFootballMaking Mistakes Author:Johan Cruijff
“People love a player with ideas, because at the end of the day, the crowd want to be entertained. And with football being only a game, it has to be enjoyable too.” PeopleWantIdeasEndsGamesPlayerFootballCrowdsThe End Of The DayEnjoyable Author:Ernst Happel
“Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead.” MenThreeGamesWatchesFootballTvsOne DayFootball GameConsecutive Author:Joyce Brothers
“I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Pelé. When he finishes and he retires, he will automatically become one of them. A player that people will talk about forever, while the game of football is as good and as popular as it is. He is a sensational player.” PeopleThinkingDoneGamesClassForeverPlayerFootballRetiringMessiSensationalCruyff Author:Bobby Charlton
“While American football is very structured and linear and static, where everyone lines up and there's a burst and it happens, soccer is like the cosmos. It's like constellations. It's bodies moving in space. It's a very spherical game. You can move in any direction, at any time.” BodyHappensMovingGamesLinesSpaceFootballSoccerCosmosStaticLinearAmerican FootballConstellationsMoving InOne Line Author:Gabriel Luna
“If you said, 'What is the most important aspect of winning football games?' I don't think I could give you an answer to that question.” IfsThinkingGivingSaidImportantGamesWinningAnswersFootballAspectFootball GameWinning Football Author:Cris Collinsworth
“A police reporter walks into the worst moment in someone's life on every single story that he covers. It's not like being a sports reporter. That's a great job and all that and takes certain skills. But, you know, they're glad to see you when you show up to cover the football game. Nobody is ever glad to see a police reporter when he shows up.” KnowsMomentsStoriesShowsJobsCertainGamesSportsWalksWorstFootballSkillsPoliceGladReportersGreat JobFootball GameWorst Moments Author:Bob Schieffer
“If every university president said, 'The revenue producing sports: basketball, football - potentially revenue producing at most universities - maybe in a few cases women's basketball, if every one of them had a monitor that reported directly to the university president and no 'student-athlete' ever gets into this college or university who could not plausibly be admitted if we did not have a football or basketball team, end of problem. It won't happen because it's like unilaterally disarming. You know your opponent won't do it and then you'll get crushed in every game, but it's a simple thing.” IfsKnowsSaidEndsProblemHappensGamesSportsPresidentSimpleCasesTeamStudentsFootballCollegeBasketballUniversityAthleteOpponentsRevenueCrushedSimple ThingsBasketball TeamDisarmingStudent Athlete Author:Bob Costas
“There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose...There has indeed been a surrender at Notre Dame, but it is a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God.” ShouldHas BeensHelpingGamesWinningLosesVirtueFrontsFootballExcellenceVicesSurrenderAcademicOddsMediocreRise AboveDamesNotre Dame Author:Theodore Hesburgh
“College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.” ShouldDoeHelpingSchoolJobsMovingNextGamesWinningSpaceLevelsPositionFootballCollegeDisciplineFitConcernedProgramUniversityAthleteCriticalArguingCoachesJournalismLeagueEngineeringMinorsPreparingCampusNext LevelAnother TimeCollege FootballPrestigiousMolding Author:William C. Rhoden
“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
“They call it football, but the object of the game is to bash the other guy so hard that he's eventually carried off the field on a stretcher. I can't watch football anymore. My psychiatrist said it's better that way. I used to watch a game, see the players in a huddle - and think they were talking about me.” ThinkingWaySaidI CanHardUsedGuyGamesTalkingWatchesPlayerFieldsObjectsFootballPsychiatristOther GuysBashTalking About Me Author:Jackie Mason
“To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team - spirit. That's the right attitude; that will bring you pleasure and fulfillment in football. A baker cannot live on bread he made yesterday, and a footballer cannot live on his last game. It's about the here and now.” WantMadeKidsLastsYoungSpiritGamesFunEnjoyPleasureAttitudeTeamFootballYesterdayBreadHaving FunFulfillmentGermanyHere And NowFootballerBakersTeam SpiritPlaying Football Author:Jurgen Klinsmann
“If you're a man and you've ever been antique shopping during a big football game, you're either gay or married.” IfsBigsGamesFootballGayMarriedShoppingAntiquesFootball Game Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.” PeopleWantedGamesFootballEnglandLiverpoolLiverpool Fc Author:Bill Shankly
“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
“Jessica Simpson attended boyfriend Tony Romo's football game. The Cowboys quarterback had the worst game of his career. It's a bad year for the name Simpson. Even O. J. is pissed - he feels like they're making his name look bad.” FeelsYearsLooksGamesNamesCareersWorstFootballCowboyQuarterbackFootball GameJessicaBad Years Author:Chelsea Handler
“Sometimes you wonder, do referees understand the game of football?” SometimesGamesWonderFootballIrelandReferee Author:Roy Keane
“The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football or play a game or read.” HardPlayGamesWatchesFootballTheaterAgain And AgainHeartbreakingDisappointing Author:John Malkovich
“What do we need spectators for? The game should be played behind closed doors. Football is an art!” NeedsShouldArtGamesBehindsDoorsFootballSpectatorsClosed DoorsBehind Closed DoorsBulgaria Author:Ivan Slavkov
“The last jobs I had were fixing cars and covering football games for a local access tv station. As in driving the mobile van to the field, setting up 3 cameras, teaching depressed grownups and interns how to use them and directing the game from the van and then wanting to kill myself.” UseJobsLastsGamesTeachingCarFieldsFootballTvsCamerasAccessDrivingSettingLocalsSettingsStationsVansMobileCoveringFixingFootball GameGrownups Author:Louis C. K.
“I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.” GamesSidesAbilityTeamFootballSixSeasonsTownsEastDragonsTailsAthleticInspirational TeamTouchdownsEast SideAthletic Ability Author:LeBron James
“Baseball is the greatest of American games. Some say football, but it is my firm belief, and it shall always be, that baseball has no superior.” GamesBeliefFootballBaseballSuperiorsFirmFirm Beliefs Author:Thomas A. Edison
“I don't sleep much. Five to six, I'd say. You could argue that people, as they get older, sleep less - probably because they're afraid of dying at some point. I know my parents don't sleep much. I know that I used to be able to sleep until noon when I was younger. I couldn't fathom staying in bed until ten now. I wouldn't know what to do unless there's a football game on.” PeopleKnowsAbleUsedGamesParentSleepFiveDyingFootballBedTenSixArguingUsed To BeStayingNoonFathomFootball Game Author:George Clooney
“Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe.” PeopleSaidTwoBigsGuyUniverseGamesNumbersCasesTroubleFootballCollegeBasketballBaseballFaultsClockPaceBig Guys Author:Dolph Schayes
“My favorite memory from school was going to football games with my friends. We always had so much spirit and dressed up to go to the games, even though our team was pretty bad.” SchoolSpiritGamesMemoriesTeamFootballMy FriendsMy FavoriteDressed UpFootball GameFavorite Memories Author:Erin Heatherton
“I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.” LooksBigsSpiritualGamesSportsChallengesMistakeFootballEgoViolentMaking MistakesCriticizeFear Of FailureBarbaric Author:Troy Polamalu
“Games were moved to New Year's Eve as part of a plan by college football executives where they want to create a tradition of watching football on New Year's Eve.” WantYearsGamesPlansFootballCollegeTraditionMovedExecutivesNew YearNew Years EveCollege FootballWatching Football Author:Audie Cornish
“There's a lot [of coaches], and I think in this profession, none of us invented this game, we got it from someone else, and if there's an idea, there's probably never been an original idea in football.” IfsThinkingIdeasGamesFootballOriginalsProfessionCoachesOriginal Ideas Author:Chip Kelly
“I'm really only capable to two emotions at this point: lust and hunger. I lost revenge a few years back, and even then, it was reserved only for ex-girlfriends and particular football games that caused me to lose a lot of money.” YearsTwoGamesLostLosesEmotionFootballParticularCapableHungerRevengeLustGirlfriendLots Of MoneyExesReservedFootball GameEx Girlfriend Author:Jason Mulgrew
“You can go super American and get barbecue and beer and be like, 'Whatever, I'm watching a football game.' That's exactly what I'm going to do.” GamesFootballBeerFootball GameBarbecue Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“You need to just understand where the ball is and how to use your body. Timing your jump the right way is crucial. Learn how to use your body to shield the receiver and box him out, again, much like a rebound. Trying to beat a receiver to a ball can be a lot like you're posting him up. Rebounding is great practice because you can employ those skills - body position, leverage, timing - a lot more than you might in a football game or practice if the quarterback doesn't look your way.” IfsWayNeedsTryingLooksUseBodyMightGamesPracticePositionFootballLike YouSkillsBeatsBallsBoxesYour BodyCrucialTimingRight WayShieldsQuarterbackFootball GameReceiverRebound Author:Antonio Cromartie
“A great deal of it is mental, the ability to learn within the game, to perform at a high level - often with injury - and to weather the ups and downs of an emotional game through a 16-game season. Also, there is the willingness to prepare in the offseason, the film room, to learn the scheme and execute without a lot of repetition - that's football character.” CharacterFilmGamesAbilityLevelsRoomsDealsEmotionalFootballSeasonsWeatherInjuryWillingnessSchemesRepetitionUps & DownsHigh LevelOffseason Author:Brendan Daly
“I've always had an irrational fear - it's really not an irrational fear, I think - whenever I've been standing at a urinal at a bar, or Giants Stadium or Yankee Stadium. You've got a bunch of drunks behind you, often in a hostile, adrenalized environment like a football game. What's to prevent the guy behind me from slamming my head into the porcelain wall in front of me?” ThinkingGuyGamesBehindsEnvironmentFrontsFootballWallStandingBarsBunchGiantsIrrationalHostileYankeesBehind YouStadiumsFootball GamePorcelainYankee StadiumIrrational Fear Author:Steve Rushin
“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
“I play football every Tuesday and Thursday early in the season. I am smart enough at the game. I score a lot of goals. I wouldn't be the best in the world but I am OK.” WorldEnoughPlayGamesGoalFootballSmartSeasonsBeing The BestScoreTuesdayThursday Author:Usain Bolt
“I have never thought of a scenario where international football was not a massive part of our [England] game.” GamesFootballEnglandInternationalMassiveScenarios Author:Michael Owen
“To me the footballs are approved by the league and game officials pregame and we play with what's out there. That's the only way that I have ever thought about that.” WayPlayGamesFootballLeagueOfficialsApproved Author:Bill Belichick
“I've learned about the inflation range situation. Obviously with our footballs being inflated to the 12.5-pound range, any deflation would then take us under that specification limit. Knowing that now, in the future we will certainly inflate the footballs above that low level to account for any possible change during the game.” GamesLevelsSituationKnowingFootballLimitsLowsAccountsRangeI've LearnedPoundsInflationLow LevelSpecificationsDeflationPossible Change Author:Bill Belichick
“My overall knowledge of football specifications, the overall process that happens on game day with the footballs is very limited. I would say that during the course of the game, I honestly never - it probably has happened on an incomplete pass or something - but I've never touched a game ball. It's not something I have any familiarity with on that.” HappensCoursesGamesProcessHappenedFootballBallsHonestlyTouchedFamiliarityIncompleteSpecificationsGame Day Author:Bill Belichick
“It's the premium time, the fourth quarter. October, November, December and now, if you will, going over into the first quarter in January. But really, football, that's when the interest is in the game.” IfsFirstsGamesInterestFootballQuartersFourthOctoberNovemberDecemberJanuaryPremiumFourth Quarter Author:Jerry Jones
“I think people are wrong to do it, to compare him to your way of wanting to do it. If you're passionate about it, do it and do it your way. It's not always going to be in front of the cameras after a football game - that was the way I did it. Somebody else has a different way, and that's [James] LeBron, and I know who he is. And I can't get into specifics, but it did upset me that people were calling him out for that because they were just wrong.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayI CanDifferentGamesFrontsFootballCallingCamerasPassionateCompareUpsetDifferent WaysFootball GameSpecifics Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I was so mad I wasn't sitting at the stadium watching it [Prince' 2007 Super Bowl performance] in person. So when Prince came back to the box where I would have been after he performed, he said to my makeup artist, "Where's Stevie?" She said, "She's sick, and she was told by our manager that she would have to walk across the football field when the game was over in the mud and try to find a limo, so she made the decision that she couldn't do that." He was not happy that I wasn't there, and now today I'm not happy about it because I should have gone and I should have walked in that mud for him.” ShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensMadeSaidTodayArtistGamesDecisionWalksGoneFieldsFootballSittingShould HaveSickMadBoxesManagersMakeupMudStadiumsNot HappyFootball FieldMakeup ArtistLimos Author:Stevie Nicks
“I like watching sports. I like going to sports games and that's kind of my life during football season for sure.” KindGamesSportsFootballSeasonsWatching SportsFootball Season Author:Kris Allen
“One of my favourite contemporary fiction writers is a Texan, Ben Fountain. His extraordinary novel, Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk, all takes place within the half-time show at a Dallas Cowboys football game. No one has better summed up the American appetite for spectacle, the link between sports and politics, and the absolute madness of George W. Bush's Iraq War.” LongWarShowsGamesSportsWalksHalfFictionNovelFootballMadnessAbsolutesExtraordinaryIraqContemporaryLinksAppetiteFavouriteCowboyFountainIraq WarFiction WritersDallasContemporary FictionFootball GameTexanHalf TimeDallas Cowboy Author:Adam Hochschild
“We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.” GamesNumbersCompanyGrowingTeamTalentFootballOne DayIndiaCorporatePopularityBoastGreat Team Author:Suresh Raina
“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
“You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.” GamesFootballFootball Game Author:Jack Kemp
“Football is the kind of game where you have to really segregate kids from the general population and kind of colonize their minds. It's more intense and demands more than other sports. And this is why the folks who are involved (as players, coaches, boosters, fans) are so much more devoted to it. It's really a cult, when you think about it.” ThinkingMindKindKidsGamesSportsPlayerFansFootballInvolvedDemandFolksPopulationCoachesIntenseDevotedCult Author:Steve Almond
“European football games or evening games seem to take a lot more out of you because you don't sleep that night. And as you get older, it gets worse.” SeemsNightGamesSleepFootballEveningFootball Game Author:Ryan Giggs