“Politics is like watching football. Yes, you can see it directly on your screen, but I think a lot of people want to have some understanding of what's happening, why the play is unfolding the way it is, and I think that's where it can help them, not to render judgments but to help people make their own judgments in a more informed way.” PeopleThinkingWayWantPlayHelpingUnderstandingFootballJudgmentHappeningsScreensUnfoldingYes You CanWatching Football Author:David Gergen
“I don't get what's happening to Jose Mourinho of late. He's lapsing into the kind of Portuguese moroseness you get from staring at the Atlantic horizon and imagining you're the last place in the world, while listening to endless renditions of the fado. His latest line about 'everyone hates us and we don't care' sounds like vintage Joe Kinnear in the great days of the Wimbledon Crazy Gang.” WorldKindCareLastsHateSoundLinesCrazyFootballListeningLateHappeningsDon't CareEndlessManagersSoccerStaringHorizonGangChairmanPlaces In The WorldVintageGreat DayPortugueseWimbledonLast PlaceMourinho Author:Peter Chapman
“Kenny wasn't the quickest of movers but he was 20 yards quicker than anybody else with his football brain and he would be in position before any defender knew what was happening. I've always said the best signing that Liverpool ever made was Kenny Dalglish.” MadeSaidWould BeBrainPositionFootballHappeningsYardsDefendersSigningLiverpoolKenny Author:Ronnie Moran
“What's kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who have no relationship to physicality and a percentage of the populace who still does.” PeopleKindDoeStillsMightClassFootballConflictHappeningsPercentagesPhysicalityClass Conflict Author:Chuck Klosterman
“As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.” KnowsBelieveLooksLongYoungGuyKnownPlayerOne ThingFootballHappeningsConceptsPreparedThings HappenGreat ThingsLeagueNflAppreciatedAnticipateJust BelieveRookiesNfl PlayersSymposium Author:Russell Wilson
“I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team.” MindMeanMadeFormStrongSidesMistakeTeamFootballHappeningsResilienceMechanismBounceFootball TeamInspirational TeamStrong MindStrong Minded Author:Gary Neville