“I feel like a new person. I learned how to deal with people when I wasn't a football player. I always wondered how they'd react to me, if they'd respect me. I found out I have other attributes that I like-and that others like. The injury made me a lot more mature. I have a better grasp of reality in life. I'm more patient and giving. I'm a lot closer to my family and more team oriented. I'm so much stronger emotionally. I have proven to myself that I can overcome the most dreaded injury in football. It's almost like dying and realizing life has been given back to me. I can't wait to play.” PeopleIfsGivingFeelsPersonsHas BeensMadeI CanPlayRealityFoundGivenWaitingRealizingDealsPlayerTeamDyingFootballMy FamilyOvercomingStrongerPatientInjuryMatureAttributesProvenAmerican FootballFootball PlayerRespect Me Author:Keith Millard
“I had all these desperate feelings. I kept thinking, How will I ever play football again if I can't even get out of this bed? I was an invalid. Football had given me everything: identity, money, confidence, friendships. I wondered what kind of man I would be without it.” IfsThinkingMenKindI CanPlayFeelingsWould BeGivenIdentityFootballBedDesperateAmerican Football Author:Keith Millard
“There really has been only one thing in my life that has made me feel complete, and that is the game of football. The ability to throw a football was my God-given talent. That was my blessing and my passion; that was my calling in live, and everything that I've accomplished has derived from that.” FeelsHas BeensMadePassionGamesGivenAbilityOne ThingTalentFootballCallingBlessingAccomplishedMy PassionMy BlessingGod Given Talents Author:Terry Bradshaw
“Retaining 'Monday Night Football' simply did not make smart financial sense for ABC. We could not reconcile the fees against the revenue. We love football at ABC. It's been a love affair for 36 years. It will go down in the history of sports television, being created on ABC and with this magnificent run. But at this point, given the success we're having with our entertainment product and the financials, we deemed that this was the proper move for us. We're not looking back .” YearsRunningMovingNightGivenSportsTelevisionFootballProductsSmartAffairFinancialEntertainmentMagnificentLooking BackMondayRevenueLove AffairReconcileFeesRetainingMonday NightMonday Night Football Author:George Bodenheimer
“Nearly everything possible had been done to spoil the game: the heavy financial interest; the absurd transfer and player-selling system; the lack of any birth or residential qualifications; the absurd publicity given to every feature of it by the press; the monstrous partisanships of the crowds.” DoneGamesGivenInterestPlayerFootballBirthPressesFinancialCrowdsHeavyAbsurdSellingSoccerFeaturesAnalysisSpoilPublicityMonstrousTransfersQualificationsPartisanship Author:J. B. Priestley
“I have never seen anything like that before. He must have given his last three managers heart attacks. I like to see those sort of things - as long as they come from the other goalkeeper.” HeartLongLastsThreeGivenFootballManagersSoccerChairmanHeart AttackGoalkeepers Author:Terry Venables
“Shay Given almost single-handedly won the match for Newcastle against Everton, although obviously he didn't score the goals” GivenGoalFootballScoreCommentatorsNewcastleShayEverton Author:George Hamilton
“He didn't give the penalty but I've seen them given for worse” GivingGivenFootballPenaltiesCommentators Author:Angus Loughran
“I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.” PeopleIfsLooksI CanEnoughYoungGivenBornAbilityMistakeCareersPracticeFootballCollegeNeededFameSmartTradeMusicalHonestlyPursuePianoHallsParticipationAthleticHornsViolinFeatsHall Of FameSame MistakesCoordinationPro FootballMusical AbilityFrench Horn Author:Otto Graham
“I'm a big fan of the Rocky series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.” BigsGivenChanceFansFootballSeriesTennisBoxingArdent Author:Vijender Singh
“If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.” PeopleIfsHas BeensImportantMightAsksWinningGivenAbilitySecretFireFailingTalentFootballImportant ThingsNflAthleticSecret To SuccessWill To WinFire InsideAthletic Ability Book:Comeback Kid Source: Comeback Kid
“It took a while to find a passion for another career that was as strong as the passion that I had for football. Once I found it in acting, it was simple. Use the tools you were given from playing football and apply it to your new passion. I have done that through acting, producing and writing.” WritingDoneUsePassionFoundStrongGivenSimpleActingCareersFootballToolsPlaying Football Author:Maurice Hall
“I try to take what's given to me and then mold it to be a better football player.” TryingGivenPlayerFootballMoldFootball Player Author:Troy Polamalu
“I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote the sport that is indigenous to India. Kabaddi is a matter of national pride. Why can't cricket, hockey, football and kabaddi be given equal platforms and co-exist? I believe that can happen.” IfsWantBelieveMatterHappensTodayOpportunityGivenI BelieveSportsFootballPrideEqualIndiaHockeyPlatformsCricketIndigenousSportsmanNational Pride Author:Abhishek Bachchan
“The game of business used to be like football: size mattered. Then it changed to basketball: speed and agility. Today, business is more like chess. Customer priorities change continually, and the signals given by these changes are vital clues to the next cycle of growth.” TodayUsedNextGamesGivenGrowthChangedFootballBasketballSizeCustomersSpeedPrioritiesChessUsed To BeCyclesSignalsClueAgility Author:Adrian Slywotzky
“Making the effort to improve as a human being is what Coach Lombardi was all about. He was able to see the gap between where we were and what we could become-both as football players and as people. And he felt it was his God-given responsibility to close that gap.” PeopleHumansAbleGivenFeltHuman BeingsEffortResponsibilityPlayerFootballCoachesGapsFootball PlayerLombardi Author:Jerry Kramer
“God has given him an attitude that he can deal with anything football throws at him. (on Michael Owen)” GivenDealsAttitudeFootballEngland Author:Graeme Souness
“Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy. (on former teammate Luboslav Penev)” PeopleGivingMomentsRememberGivenFootballGiving UpToughMercySickRemainsCancerFighterFormerRemember WhenNever Giving UpTeammateGiven UpBulgariaTough Moments Author:Hristo Stoichkov
“On January 20, 2017, Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and he will be given the nuclear codes and the power to launch the U.S. nuclear arsenal, which is comprised of some 7,000 nuclear weapons. A military officer will always be close to Trump, carrying the nuclear codes in a briefcase known as the "football."” StatesGivenPresidentUnitedKnownUnited StatesMilitaryFootballTrumpWeaponsNuclearCodeOfficersNuclear WeaponsJanuaryArsenalBriefcases Author:David Krieger
“An important mentor for me, in terms of teaching me that there's a right way and a wrong way to do things, was probably my football coach. And playing football was one of the first times in my life that I realized nothing is given to you. You have to work really hard.” WayFirstsImportantHardGivenTermTeachingFootballFirst TimeCoachesI RealizedMentorRight WayWrong WayPlaying FootballFootball Coach Author:Kenny Chesney
“Football offers us a sanitized spectacle of combat that has a clear resolution, which we need more and more today given our incoherent overseas "wars."” NeedsWarTodayGivenClearFootballOffersResolutionCombat Author:Steve Almond
“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
“I have to say, Any Given Sunday was good, but it was too ambitious. You can't do everything in three hours. It went on through ownership issues, quarterback issues, the running back issues, LT issues, and all that, even the coach issues. It was too much. Whereas, Playmakers says, Yeah, you got all those problems, but my god, you're playing football, you're doing the best thing in the world. You're playing football, you're having fun, you're getting paid to play a game. Well, with all the bad things about Hollywood all the drug use, all that, it's still a pretty good life.” WorldWellsStillsPlayUseProblemRunningThreeGamesGivenFunHoursIssuesToo MuchFootballDrugHollywoodPaidYeahCoachesHaving FunBest ThingsSundayBad ThingsGood LifeAmbitiousOwnershipQuarterbackPlaying FootballDrug UseRunning Back Author:Terry Crews
“[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is northern Northern California after all - the final frontier of freakerdom. Just in the eleventh grade we have a girl named Electricity, a guy named Magic Bus, and countless flowers: Tulip, Begonia, and Poppy - all parent-given-on-the-birth-certificate names. Tulip is a two-ton bruiser of a guy who would be the star of out football team if we were the kind of school that has optional morning meditation in the gym” IfsKindTwoWould BeSchoolGuyGirlNamesGivenStarsParentMorningMeditationMagicTeamFootballFlowerMomBirthFinalsWork OutCaliforniaGradesGymBusElectricityFrontiersHippieFootball TeamCertificatesLennonOptionalPoppiesBirth CertificateNorthern CaliforniaLennie Author:Jandy Nelson