“There are lots of positives to come out of playing all sports, not just football. Team games can offer you different life skills than an individual sport can. Football improves your time management - you have to be places on time and disciplined in terms of training.” DifferentGamesIndividualSportsTermTeamFootballOffersSkillsTrainingManagementTime ManagementFootball TeamDifferent LifeLife Skills Author:Hope Powell
“The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want.” WantFirstsHomeCertainIndividualSocialClassIssuesRightsMovementFootballCivil RightsDefinedIntegrationSocial IssuesCivil Rights MovementFirst Class Author:Jim Brown
“Football is a team sport and not an individual sport. We win as a team, and every individual is better if we are part of the team.” IfsWinningIndividualSportsTeamFootballSports Team Author:Fernando Torres
“I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.” PlayTogetherIndividualSportsTeamFansFootballWorking TogetherAwardsTeammateSports Team Author:Troy Polamalu
“Football can teach us that although a team's individual players may be weak, it can still be successful if it uses common sense. Or that we should not attack anyone physically when we suffer a depressing defeat.” IfsShouldMayStillsUseSufferingIndividualCommonTeachSuccessfulPlayerTeamFootballWeakDefeatCommon SenseBeing SuccessfulDepressing Author:Orhan Pamuk
“Fantasy football is actually an amazing American pastime, because it takes the ultimate team sport, NFL and football, and turns it into the quest for individual achievement.” TurnsIndividualSportsFantasyTeamFootballAchievementUltimateNflQuestsPastimeSports TeamIndividual AchievementFantasy Football Author:Jeff Schaffer
“I come from a generation where I couldn't even contemplate such a thing. I find it amazing... You can become a multi-millionaire as a club player without playing international football. But international football is about individual pride and wanting to perform at the highest level. If I got picked at 41, I would have played, even if I thought I would make a fool of myself. I just wanted to play for my country.” IfsCountryPlayWantedIndividualLevelsPlayerGenerationsFootballPrideFoolHighestInternationalClubsContemplatingMillionaire Author:Trevor Brooking
“I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.” IndividualSportsTeamFootballBaseballSports Team Author:Tom Ford
“Football is all about winning things as a team but it's also important to pick up individual awards along the way.” WayImportantWinningIndividualTeamFootballPicksEnglandAwards Author:Steven Gerrard
“I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.” WorldPersonsGuyWinningIndividualLeftGoalPlayerTeamFootballWorriedTitlesRememberedDecentBeing The BestAwardsRetiringGood PersonBest FootballFootball PlayerBeing A Good PersonScoring GoalsDecent Guys Author:Lionel Messi
“I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.” ThinkingWayBelieveDifferentWinningIndividualI BelieveSportsInterestEffortPlayerTeamFootballEthicsConnectionsI Believe InDifferent WaysSports TeamYou Can Win Author:Arsene Wenger