“There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.” IdeasRealityTodayFilmLiteratureNationsTeamFootballConceptsRadioCurrentsBroadsFootball TeamOutdated Author:Jean-Jacques Annaud
“Ideas and thoughts and creativity is more of who I am than football.” IdeasCreativityFootballWho I Am Author:Dhani Jones
“First of all, I wish everyone who loved football could stand in the quarterback's shoes just for a play, because I think it would be tremendously humbling to anyone who loved the game to say, "I didn't -- I had no idea." You can think about what it would be like, and the cameras are getting better at giving that perspective, that one that the skycam comes down and you get a sense of it, but you just -- you don't know.” ThinkingKnowsGivingFirstsIdeasPlayWould BeGamesWishFootballPerspectiveDown AndCamerasShoesNo IdeaGet BetterQuarterbackHumbling Author:Steve Young
“My goal--and this is kind of my own little secret--but when I get married, just to head out and finish football and, and, and be a missionary around the world. Places where Steve Young--not that it's big really that many places--but places where they have no idea about football.” WorldKindLittlesIdeasBigsYoungGoalMy OwnSecretFootballMarriedAround The WorldNo IdeaMissionarySteve Young Author:Steve Young
“Avoiding any of the tenets of amateurism, after all, certainly does not make you a good professional. Perhaps it is better to see fearless flair and professional steeliness as two ideas which must always coexist. One half of sport may be about harnessing human talent, but the other half depends on setting it free.” HumansMayDoeTwoIdeasSportsHalfTalentFootballDependsSettingSettingsFearlessSoccerAnalysisAvoidingOther HalfOne HalfCoexistFlair Author:Edward Smith
“Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like.” LooksIdeasFootballCommentatorsZeus Author:Alan Green
“Some men develop their own singularity. Football makes men conform to stereotypes: the warrior or the hunter. Football produces a certain kind of masculinity - the drunk kind, the king who will yell the worst nationalist's ideas. In front of those, it is very difficult to be a dignified woman.” MenKindIdeasCertainDifficultWorstFrontsProduceFootballKingsDrunkWarriorStereotypeConformHuntersMasculinitySingularity Author:Orlan
“I don't understand shopping, it doesn't make any sense to me. As guys, we decide we want something and then we go out and buy it. Women go to the store having no idea what they're going to buy, or what they're even doing, it's like a whole different sport. It's like going to a football game to maybe watch a game. I don't get it.” WantIdeasDifferentWholeGuyGamesSportsWatchesFootballStoresNo IdeaShoppingWant SomethingFootball Game Author:Ashton Kutcher
“If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being "mother's only accomplishment," today's children may suffer from an underestimation of their needs. Our idea of what a child needs in each case reflects what parents need. The child's needs are thus a cultural football in an economic and marital game.” IfsNeedsMayChildrenIdeasTodayMotherSufferingGamesParentClassCasesEconomicMiddleCenturyFootballAccomplishmentMiddle Class Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“I wanted to play football. It was what I did best at school and I'm pretty sporty, so that was the idea. Music was always a hobby, innit. I was more ahead with football.” IdeasPlayWantedSchoolFootballHobbies Author:Tinchy Stryder
“My idea of a perfect holiday is spending time with the family, waking up on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving morning, watching football all day, having the family come over, people you haven't seen...” PeopleIdeasPerfectMorningHavensFootballWake UpSpendingHolidayWakingSpending TimeChristmas MorningWatching Football Author:Morris Chestnut
“I love Thanksgiving. I truly do. Every last thing about it is wonderful. I love getting together with family and friends. I love the meal. I love the football. I love the four-day weekend without having anything that particularly has to get done. And of course, I love the fundamental idea behind it-giving thanks for all the good people and good things in your life.” PeopleGivingIdeasDoneTogetherLastsCoursesBehindsFourWonderfulFootballFundamentalsGood ThingsThanksMealsGood PeopleWeekendFamily And FriendsLove Thanksgiving Author:Bill Richardson
“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
“Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show.” IdeasShowsRunningEnjoyGoalDifferencesFansFootballParticularBallsBackwardsMessiSidewaysFootball Fan Author:Zinedine Zidane
“I find it embarrassing when people compare me to Maradona. How can they? There is only one Maradona. People who say this just have no idea, they don't know what they are talking about. Diego was a complete one-off who will never have an equal on the football pitch. No-one, I repeat no-one, could have transformed teams like he did. Maradona was the world's greatest-ever player while I'm just an apprentice.” PeopleKnowsWorldIdeasTalkingPlayerTeamFootballEqualNo IdeaCompareRepeatsTransformedEmbarrassingApprenticeMaradona Author:Sergio Aguero
“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 love the introduction of international managers and players into the Premier League. However Manchester United's principles through their history had always been: they will appoint a British manager, there will always promote youth, they will always play a certain style of football, they will always look to entertain. So to me the idea of appointing a British manager, David Moyes, appointing somebody who deserved that opportunity to step up, was the right principle.” LooksIdeasPlayCertainOpportunityUnitedStepsPrinciplesPlayerStyleYouthFootballInternationalBritishManagersLeagueIntroductionStep UpManchesterManchester UnitedPremier League Author:Gary Neville
“I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.” IdeasPlayEnergyParentFourFootball Author:Daniel Radcliffe