“When I was a kid growing up, my dad being a football coach, he asked the same question of all the assistants that he ever hired: 'Is your goal to be a head football coach?” KidsGoalGrowing UpGrowingFootballDadMy DadCoachesAssistantsKids Growing UpFootball Coach Author:Chuck Pagano
“I never even watched football growing up. I just play the game.” PlayGamesGrowing UpGrowingFootball Author:Terrell Owens
“I played football growing up in junior high and high school.” SchoolGrowing UpGrowingFootballHigh SchoolJuniorsJunior High Author:Ryan Merriman
“Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town.” Growing UpGrowingFootballBasketballTownsCoreDetroit Author:Ndamukong Suh
“I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates. I grew up observing and taking it all in. It's kind of my attitude.” PeopleKindGamesSportsAttitudeWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFootballBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherObservingTeammateMy AttitudeFootball GameWatching Sports Author:Eli Manning
“Anybody who knows me knows I'm passionate about American football. I gave this game everything I had. In college, that's what I looked to do. Everything. Everything for so long, and all you hear growing up is that hard work pays off, hard work pays off, hard work pays off.” KnowsLongHardGamesPayGrowing UpGrowingFootballCollegeHard WorkPassionateKnow MeAmerican FootballHard Work Pays Off Author:La'el Collins
“I played soccer growing up, and then high school came along and the football coach came out one day and was like, 'Hey, do you want to kick for us?' I was like, 'Sure, I'll come out and kick one day.' I got moved up to varsity and that's how the story began.” WantStoriesSchoolGrowing UpGrowingFootballOne DayHigh SchoolMovedCoachesHeySoccerNflKicksFootball Coach Author:Kyle Brindza
“The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.” WellsLittlesRememberHurtGrowing UpGrowingStreetsFootballBallsOrganizedThumbsAnkles Author:Champ Bailey
“I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but I kept growing so I figured it was time for basketball.” PlayWantedHalfGrowingFootballBasketballBaseballBalls Author:Moses Malone
“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
“I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend.” MatterWorryGrowingFootballAuthorityTrendsIntervention Author:Kenny Cunningham
“I love my country, and the mental and physical demands of the Navy SEALs was what I had been training for my whole life growing up in Montana. There's a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented. When a recruiter first told me about the Navy SEALs, I knew it was the right fit.” FirstsCountryStatesReasonWholeChallengesGrowing UpGrowingProduceFootballFitDemandTrainingAthleteWhole LifeEnjoyedDivisionNavySealsMontanaNavy Seal Author:Ryan Zinke
“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
“I grew up in East St. Louis so I wanted to play baseball as a kid. Then I moved to Nebraska and became a football fan and wanted to play football. But I've always been fighting. Growing up in East St. Louis was hard. You had to fight there.” HardPlayKidsWantedFightingGrowing UpGrowingFansFootballGrewGrew UpBaseballMovedEastNebraskaFootball Fan Author:Houston Alexander
“Look at the growing number of people that want to ban football. Or ban anything that might hurt somebody. Too violent or too brutal or what have you. There's a segment of our adult population that's still children, still kids.” PeopleWantLooksChildrenStillsMightKidsHurtNumbersGrowingFootballAdultsPopulationViolentBrutalBans Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When I was nine years, growing up on the south side of Chicago, in the ghetto. The Robert Taylor Projects. I came home from school, I showed my mother a picture and said "Momma, that's you in the rocking chair. There's daddy over there." I said, "Momma, one of these days, I'm gonna be big and strong. I'm gonna be a football player. I'm gonna be a boxer. I'm gonna buy you a beautiful house and I'm gonna buy you pretty dresses." That's all I want to do in life.” WantYearsSaidHomeBigsSchoolBeautifulMotherHouseStrongSidesGrowing UpGrowingPlayerFootballProjectsDressesSouthNineThese DaysChairsChicagoDaddyGhettoBoxersFootball PlayerNine YearsMommaRocking Chairs Author:Mr. T
“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