“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
“Liverpool's grand opera also gave us some light comedy - on hearing the news that the house of goalkeeper Pepe Reina was burgled, and his Porsche stolen, while he was heroically saving penalties at Anfield, fans took a typically witty line: police were said to be interviewing a man from the West London area, a certain Frank Lampard, whose whereabouts on Tuesday between 7.45pm and 10.15pm are unknown. Indeed.” MenSaidLightCertainHouseLinesComedyFansFootballNewsAreasPoliceWestWittyHearingLondonSavingSoccerAnalysisOperaFrankPenaltiesStolenLiverpoolTuesdayGoalkeepersPorscheWhereaboutsAnfield Author:Declan Lynch
“I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who are not under the thumb. I'm stronger than that. Did she want me out of the house? Listen, she's wanted me out of the house for the past 27 years and has often asked me not to come back again. But I always show up, and really, she can't do without me, because I'm brilliant.” MenWantYearsShowsWantedJobsPastAsksHouseFootballStrongerBrilliantManagersThis LifeSoccerWant MePermissionThumbsChairmanBack AgainHe Wants Me Author:Martin O'Neill
“When I take my kids to the zoo in Los Angeles, they always look the longest at the creature that moves the least - especially those in the reptile house. I asked myself: 'Who are the people that are pretty cool but also very still and monotone in their expression?' and I thought of Jose Mourinho.” PeopleLooksStillsKidsMovingHouseFootballExpressionCreaturesManagersSoccerLos AngelesChairmanZoosReptilesMourinho Author:Julian Sands
“I lost my athletic scholarship by injuring my right knee. That right knee kept me out of Vietnam, and I went into Drama. I put them all together with a football foundation and the house was built on Drama - and love and kindness and understanding and grace.” TogetherHouseLostUnderstandingKindnessGraceFootballDramaBuiltAnd LoveFoundationKneesVietnamAthleticScholarshipLove And KindnessAthletic Scholarships Author:Gary Busey
“If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.” IfsLooksHouseSportsFootballCollegeNeighborNflCoachingMotivational SportsVolleyballNotre DameInspirational Football CoachNotre Dame Football Author:Lou Holtz
“Whenever you have to come to my house and convince me to leave my home and play football, deep down in my heart I really don't want to play, but I really don't want to let you down.” WantHeartPlayHomeHouseFootballMy HeartConvinceDeep Down Author:Deion Sanders
“The Democrats have to do what he did when [Rahm Emanuel] was chairman of the Democratic House Campaign Committee, recruit veterans, recruit football players, recruit business people. And I think that's what the job of the new party chair has to be.” PeopleThinkingJobsHousePartyPlayerFootballDemocraticDemocratCampaignsChairsCommitteesVeteranChairmanFootball PlayerRecruit Author:Mark Shields
“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
“I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all!” FallCoursesHouseFootballMy FavoriteTricksChristmasWeatherHalloweenThanksgivingDecoratingChristmas LoveHappy HalloweenLove ThanksgivingScary HalloweenHalloween LoveHalloween GreetingTrick Or Treat Author:Joe Nichols
“And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games that they do not watch. And I could see this boy throwing up in the bushes at a party house. And I could see my sister putting up with it. And I felt very bad for both of them.” ThinkingHandsGamesHouseFeltPartyBoysWatchesFootballNakedThrowingMy SisterHomeworkFootball GameHolding HandsThrowing Up Author:Stephen Chbosky
“People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!” PeopleKnowsPlayCareGamesHouseDogFootballDrinkBeerShirtsWeekendPersonal LifeT ShirtMy DogHygieneFootball GameDorky Author:Sophia Bush
“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