“It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.” YearsLevelsFootballInvolvedClubsManagersDecentCeltic Author:Gordon Strachan
“I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker.” LevelsFootballCollegeLinebackers Author:Greg Bryk
“It's good to have critics because that's what motivates you and helps you take your game to another level, They talked about Michael Jordan and said he didn't have a jump shot. They say the same thing about me ? I can't throw the football and all that. Say whatever you want about me. It makes me strive harder.” WantSaidI CanHelpingGamesLevelsFootballShotsHarderCriticsStriveJordan Author:Michael Vick
“In football I enjoyed competing and wanted to be the best. That was also part of it. There were quite a few factors. I loved the game, it was a great way to socialize and I liked playing against girls because it meant competing on a level playing field.” WayWantedGirlGamesLevelsFieldsFootballFactorsEnjoyedBeing The BestCompetingPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Hope Powell
“Sven-Göran Eriksson, confronted with arguably Europe's weakest qualifying group, has a problem; it is the same one that afflicted Jacques Santini, the France coach at the time, before Euro 2004. Not that there are no easy matches at international level; rather, there are no hard ones. In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship finals, France faced a group not of death, but of sun-block, comprising Slovenia, Israel, Cyprus and Malta, which they duly won by ten points, averaging 3.6 goals per game. We all know what happened next.” KnowsHardProblemNextGamesEasyGoalLevelsSunHappenedGroupsFootballTenEuropeFinalsInternationalIsraelCoachesBlockFranceSoccerRanAnalysisChampionshipEuroQualifyingCyprusMalta Author:Martin Samuel
“It's a strange atmosphere always over there, it is darker and less glamorous, and you don't feel as high. It is a different kind of test - can you raise your level in a less exciting environment and perhaps still a very difficult one?” FeelsKindStillsDifferentDifficultLevelsEnvironmentFootballStrangeTestsExcitingRaisesManagersSoccerAtmosphereDifferent KindsChairmanGlamorous Author:Arsene Wenger
“In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different tempo, a different dynamic. London is fast, productive, creative but it is not England. If you want to transfer that to football, you could say: in the four big English clubs and maybe in the one or two behind them there is a top level. Everything that comes after that rather mirrors English society. It's honest, fair and hard, sometimes also fast, but not always so perfect.” IfsWantTwoDifferentSometimesHardBigsCertainCan DoPerfectLevelsBehindsCreativeFourHonestFootballFairsEnglandMirrorsClubsLondonBoundariesLikesManagersSoccerProductiveChairmanTransfersTempoEnglish Society Author:Jens Lehmann
“At the highest level the first two yards are in your head.” FirstsTwoLevelsFootballHighestManagersSoccerYardsChairman Author:Bob Paisley
“It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.” WayDifferentWholeFactsGamesSportsLevelsWonderfulSpecialFootballDifferent Levels Author:Frank Gifford
“One thing you can't beat in this world is time. I learnt that the hard way. You can't play basketball forever. You can't play football forever. You can't bodybuild forever. I mean you CAN do it, but not at a high level against younger guys who have more time and have not reached their peaks yet. There's only so much the body can do and once you're done, you can't go back in time.” WorldWayMeanHardDonePlayBodyGuyCan DoLevelsForeverOne ThingThis WorldFootballBasketballBeatsMore TimeYou Can Do ItHigh LevelHard WayBack In TimeGo Back In Time Author:Ronnie Coleman
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” PersonsPlayUsedGamesSportsLevelsSuccessfulTeamFootballDadMy DadArguingBeing SuccessfulUnclesRugbySports TeamGreat Team Author:Clint Eastwood
“My thing is, and I've always been this way - to get to know as many people as I possibly can on a personal level, so that way, when you get on the football field, you've got your buddy right beside you, and you're ready to go.” PeopleKnowsWayLevelsFieldsFootballReadyBuddyBeside YouFootball Field Author:Russell Wilson
“Everybody who plays top-level sport, whether it's golf or football, or whatever, needs to get into 'The Zone'... For me personally, on the morning of a round, preparation is always about getting into the zone. The less I communicate with other people, the better. I'm trying to rehearse in my mind what I am working on in my game: going through my swing keys, going through my putting keys. When I get to the course I get the pin positions for the day and I'll analyze those. I'll make a strategy for the golf course and look how I'm going to play it” PeopleNeedsTryingMindLooksPlayCoursesGamesSportsLevelsMorningPositionFootballKeysStrategyGolfRoundsCommunicatePreparationZoneSwingsPinsGolf Course Author:Paul McGinley
“It wasn't professional, but it was a few levels below the top level. I loved playing football, but my passion was always music. It didn't become a possibility to me until I started playing songs I thought were good. I think it happened during my third song. The dream to become a musician appeared in my heart, and that happened about 2010.” ThinkingHeartDreamSongPassionLevelsHappenedPossibilityFootballMy HeartOne DayMusicianThirdsMy PassionPlaying Football Author:Vance Joy
“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
“College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.” ShouldDoeHelpingSchoolJobsMovingNextGamesWinningSpaceLevelsPositionFootballCollegeDisciplineFitConcernedProgramUniversityAthleteCriticalArguingCoachesJournalismLeagueEngineeringMinorsPreparingCampusNext LevelAnother TimeCollege FootballPrestigiousMolding Author:William C. Rhoden
“To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession. Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything. I respect all forms of movement and lifestyles, but I am in a bubble. I wake up, it is in my head; I go to sleep, it's in my head, 24/7.” KnowsMeanFormAsksSportsSleepLevelsMovementFootballWake UpLifestyleObsessionInsaneBubblesGoing To SleepHigh LevelMourinho Author:Conor McGregor
“We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.” WantPlayLevelsPlayerFootballMonkFootball Player Author:Bobby Robson
“The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries.” WayBelieveArtI BelieveCausesSportsEnjoyLevelsRiskDangerousFootballSeriousTruth IsImpactTraumaDrivingLife ChangingInjuryVitalityParalysis Author:Naveen Jain
“The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better. What a giant leap forward in the ability of talent level, the speed, and even the grasp of what you are trying to do. There is no other distractions before the players.” KnowsTryingPlayRealizingAbilityLevelsPlayerTalentFootballCollegeSpeedGiantsLeapDistractionCaliber Author:Marv Levy
“You have to run the football and stop the run, no matter what level you play at, whether it's high school, college or professional ranks. I'm a firm believer in that.” MatterPlayRunningSchoolLevelsFootballCollegeHigh SchoolNo Matter WhatBelieverFirm Author:Chip Kelly
“A great deal of it is mental, the ability to learn within the game, to perform at a high level - often with injury - and to weather the ups and downs of an emotional game through a 16-game season. Also, there is the willingness to prepare in the offseason, the film room, to learn the scheme and execute without a lot of repetition - that's football character.” CharacterFilmGamesAbilityLevelsRoomsDealsEmotionalFootballSeasonsWeatherInjuryWillingnessSchemesRepetitionUps & DownsHigh LevelOffseason Author:Brendan Daly
“I didn't play in the NFL, and I didn't play defensive line. But football, at the fundamental level, is football. It's about motivating people and getting the best out of them.” PeoplePlayLinesLevelsFootballFundamentalsNfl Author:Brendan Daly
“Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything.” KnowsMeanAsksSportsLevelsFootballInsaneHigh LevelMourinho Author:Conor McGregor
“I've learned about the inflation range situation. Obviously with our footballs being inflated to the 12.5-pound range, any deflation would then take us under that specification limit. Knowing that now, in the future we will certainly inflate the footballs above that low level to account for any possible change during the game.” GamesLevelsSituationKnowingFootballLimitsLowsAccountsRangeI've LearnedPoundsInflationLow LevelSpecificationsDeflationPossible Change Author:Bill Belichick
“I told you the one change we would make in the initial start level of the football pressure, but that's really about it.” LevelsFootballPressureInitials Author:Bill Belichick
“I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.” ThinkingLevelsFootballCollegeBowlsCollege Football Author:Dabo Swinney
“It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.” PeopleWayTryingPassionSportsRealizingLevelsCarFootballPlanetsCommitmentBillionsFamiliarRacingDiscipleRodeoCar RacingStock Car Racing Author:Tom Brady
“The Premier League is the No1 league in the world in many areas. The events, the shocks, the production, the viewing figures, the worldwide audience are by far the best. Do I think at this moment in time it's got the highest quality levels in Europe in terms of Champions League football and domination of that area? In quality terms it needs to rise again to get to that point where it's by far the best in all areas.” ThinkingWorldNeedsMomentsTermLevelsQualityAudienceEventsFiguresFootballHighestEuropeAreasProductionsLeagueChampionShockDominationMoments In TimePremier LeagueChampions League Author:Gary Neville
“People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me.” PeopleEnoughPlayMotivationalGamesLevelsFootballBasketballGood EnoughIrrelevantInspirational SportsDoubted Author:Steve Nash
“Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.” InspirationalWellsFunnyLevelsFootballManagersSoccerAlexFootballerFunny SoccerSoccer PlayerFunny FootballFergusonSoccer FootballFootyBest Manager Author:David Beckham
“You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.” SportsLevelsFootballHigherAuthorityAchievementDeterminationMarkNflMotivational SportsConsistentlyConsistencyInspirational SportsAmerican FootballHigher LevelFootball TeamFootball GameGreat SportsInspirational FootballPro FootballSports FootballGreat FootballBest PerformanceSports SpiritSportsman SpiritIndividual Performance Author:Joe Paterno
“I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.” HappensCertainLevelsWifePlayerFootballOne TimeFootball PlayerBonding Author:Gabrielle Union
“Find a printer paper and imagine a full-grown bird shaped something like a football with legs standing on it. Imagine 33,000 of these rectangles in a grid. (Broilers are never in cages, and never on multiple levels.) Now enclose the grid with windowless walls and put a ceiling on top. Run in automated (drug-laced) feed, water, heating, and ventilation systems. This is a farm.” RunningWaterLevelsImagineFootballWallDrugPaperBirdStandingLegsFarmsMultipleCagesCeilingsGridsHeatingPrinterRectanglesVentilation Book:Eating Animals Source: Eating Animals
“If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.” PeopleIfsInspirationalKindDoeStatesYoungLevelsPlayerEffectsFootballBasketballFindingsHighestProfoundRecognitionBasketball PlayerFootball PlayerPedestalAll State Author:Benjamin Carson