“I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.” MadeMillionsFootballMaking Money Author:Alan Sugar
“If you're honest with yourself, that's the first step in maturing and becoming a better person. If you suppress your shortcomings and fears, they will follow you until the day you die. It was difficult, but I finally admitted to myself that I made mistakes.” IfsFirstsPersonsMadeDiesDifficultMistakeStepsHonestFootballBecomingMatureFirst StepsShortcomingsBetter PersonMade A MistakeAmerican FootballHonest With YourselfI Made A MistakeBecoming A Better Person Author:Keith Millard
“I feel like a new person. I learned how to deal with people when I wasn't a football player. I always wondered how they'd react to me, if they'd respect me. I found out I have other attributes that I like-and that others like. The injury made me a lot more mature. I have a better grasp of reality in life. I'm more patient and giving. I'm a lot closer to my family and more team oriented. I'm so much stronger emotionally. I have proven to myself that I can overcome the most dreaded injury in football. It's almost like dying and realizing life has been given back to me. I can't wait to play.” PeopleIfsGivingFeelsPersonsHas BeensMadeI CanPlayRealityFoundGivenWaitingRealizingDealsPlayerTeamDyingFootballMy FamilyOvercomingStrongerPatientInjuryMatureAttributesProvenAmerican FootballFootball PlayerRespect Me Author:Keith Millard
“Only two players made me cry when watching football, one was Diego Maradona and the other Ryan Giggs.” MadeTwoPlayerCryFootballMaradonaMade Me CryGiggsWatching Football Author:Alessandro Del Piero
“There really has been only one thing in my life that has made me feel complete, and that is the game of football. The ability to throw a football was my God-given talent. That was my blessing and my passion; that was my calling in live, and everything that I've accomplished has derived from that.” FeelsHas BeensMadePassionGamesGivenAbilityOne ThingTalentFootballCallingBlessingAccomplishedMy PassionMy BlessingGod Given Talents Author:Terry Bradshaw
“If I was switched from whatever I'm doing, and I was, for some reason, made the chief football writer in any newspaper, then I'd retire. I'd go back to being a barber.” IfsMadeReasonFootballNewspapersChiefsRetiringBarbers Author:Steve Bunce
“I always say prepare to be a coach to anybody who wants to be a coach. At 24 years of age when I left engineering to become full time in football, I made sure that I was never going back to engineering.” WantYearsMadeAgeLeftFootballCoachesEngineering Author:Alex Ferguson
“I was hoping in the last fifteen minutes that Barcelona would beat them. I've made my mind up on Benitez tonight. He's a nice man but he's got a huge negative streak running through him. Liverpool was terrible in the second half. They didn't play football. If that was a concert, you'd boo. Gerrard: found out. A nothing player. They were terrible. Terrible.” IfsMenMindMadePlayRunningLastsFoundHalfNicePlayerMinutesFootballHugeTerribleBeatsNegativeTonightConcertsFifteenLiverpoolStreaksBarcelonaNice Man Author:Eamon
“In a manner akin to the influence of Tiger Woods on the other side of the Atlantic, Thierry Henry has helped kick down a few of the remaining bigoted stereotypes. Through his undisputable class and dignity, Henry has made a deep-seated difference to race relations in this country. Racism will flounder whenever white children grow up with a black man as their hero. That so few comment on Henry's colour is a silent tribute to his impact.” MenChildrenMadeCountryGrowsSidesBlackDifferencesWhiteRaceClassGrowing UpInfluenceFootballHeroRacismDignityRelationImpactSilentWoodsSoccerAnalysisKicksColourCommentStereotypeTigersRace RelationsTribute Author:Pete Gill
“Work on your strong points because they are what made you.” MadeStrongFootballManagersSoccerChairmanYour Strong Author:Arsene Wenger
“He lived in a fantasy world. There was not a day when he didn't add some Mickey Mouse story about a club that wanted him. First of all, he came in and told me that Arsenal wanted to buy him, then the next week it was Manchester Utd, then the next week it was Real Madrid. He made it clear that he did not want to be at the club so, in the end, there was only one thing I could do - send him to Wigan.” WorldWantFirstsMadeRealEndsStoriesWantedNextFantasyClearOne ThingWeekFootballAddClubsMade ItManagersSoccerMiceChairmanManchesterArsenalNext WeekMickeyMadridFantasy WorldsReal MadridWigan Author:Joe Kinnear
“Offside killed my team. They are not God. They made a mistake and I understand. I don't want three points, I just want 'sorry.'” WantMadeThreeMistakeTeamFootballSorryManagersSoccerChairmanMade A Mistake Author:Luiz Felipe Scolari
“It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed, you pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm, and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket I have is made of cashmere. So it's good.” MadeFeetFootballBedBiggerSticksWarmManagersSoccerChestsBlanketChairmanSupermarketsChelseaCashmere Author:Jose Mourinho
“Faria Alam whined about the invasion of her privacy in yet another lucrative interview earlier this week. There is very good money to be made out of whining about the invasion of your privacy.” MadeWeekFootballVery GoodManagersSoccerInterviewsPrivacyInvasionChairmanWhiningGood Money Author:Rod Liddle
“The combination of an out-of-control tabloid press and a readership that thrills to the destruction of the England head coach is something no other country can offer. Scolari was driven out; Steve McClaren's personal life made the front pages. Neither of them even held the job. Then there was the fake-sheikhing of Sven-Göran Eriksson. That a newspaper should so brilliantly and deliberately destabilise the national head coach in a World Cup year is something no other sporting nation would consider.” WorldShouldYearsMadeCountryJobsNationsFrontsFootballOffersPagesDestructionEnglandPressesDrivenCoachesNewspapersCupsManagersSoccerCombinationRanFakeOther CountriesPersonal LifeChairmanWorld CupTabloidsReadershipHead Coaches Author:Simon Barnes
“You know how in football, guys throw defenses, and the defense throws you a look, but the look is not really what it is - it's only made to fool you. It's the same thing with drugs. The drug is only an illusion to draw you in.” KnowsLooksMadeGuyKnow HowFootballFoolDrugDrawsIllusionDefense Author:Rick Ross
“I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it.” IfsThinkingMadeSchoolHateBitsImagineFootballFinancialMathStuckFinanceMade ItImagine ThatLove HatePlaying FootballLove Hate RelationshipLove And Hate Relationship Author:Matteo Manassero
“Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.” MadeFootballLiverpoolFootball ClubsLiverpool FcLiverpool FansLiverpool Football ClubSoccer Fans Author:Bill Shankly
“I probably prefer Spanish football to the others. It's very technical, the way they play; they keep the ball well, and whenever Spurs have played against Spanish teams in the past, they've always made it difficult for us.” WayWellsMadePlayPastDifficultTeamFootballBallsMade ItSpurs Author:Gareth Bale
“Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.” KindMadeFootballBasketballBaseballMomentum Author:William C. Rhoden
“We have not made cricket and football [soccer] professional because of any astonishing avarice or new vulgarity. We have made them professional because we would have them perfect. We have dedicated men to them as to some god of inhuman excellence. We care more for football than for the fun of playing football.” MenMadeCareFunSportsPerfectFootballExcellenceSoccerDedicatedCricketAstonishingAvariceInhumanVulgarityPlaying Football Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“And the other was this: the doctor did want to take off my leg because he thought it was necessary. But you must remember boys in those days were raised for two things: work, and then they made their play; and if you couldn't play baseball and box and play football, why, your life was ended. That was in our boyish minds.” IfsWantMindMadeTwoPlayRememberSportsBoysFootballDoctorsBaseballRaisedBoxesLegsTwo ThingsBoyish Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.” ThinkingWayYearsMeanMadeSchoolFootballCollegeBasketballNflCriticizeStrideCollege FootballSchool YearsCollege BasketballAlumni Author:Frank Deford
“It's a group of guys that put their mind to going out and playing great football. Everybody that needed to step up, stepped up. Everybody that needed to make a play, made a play and that's what it's all about.” MindMadePlayGuyStepsGroupsFootballNeededGoing OutStep UpGreat Football Author:Kurt Warner
“There weren't sidewalks to skateboard on and malls to hang out in. There wasn't anything to do. And I was too scrawny to play football, and so I decided I was just gonna sit at the piano, because it made more sense.” MadePlayFootballDecidedPianoHanging OutMallsSidewalk Author:John Fullbright
“God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.” PeopleMadePlayCertainFootball Author:Joe Gibbs
“Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.” YearsHas BeensMadeBookHelpingCareTogetherCultureWinningCommunityVisionSupportFourProgressBuildingFootballPrideMembersSeasonsResponsibleClubsHelping OthersLeagueSeatsBritainWorking TogetherMassiveFour YearsChampionshipWho CaresStadiumsCelticShared Vision Author:Fergus McCann
“When I was in Dutch and Italian football, a lot of people looked at Manchester United, and when they were asked who was the best player, a lot of them said Paul Scholes. Much of what he did looked simple, but actually it was quite hard. Invariably he controlled the ball instantly and passed it straight on, keeping the game moving. He made inch-perfect passes across the pitch; he saw the gaps and could play the ball through them. So it didn't surprise me that so many top-class international footballers recognized his quality.” PeopleMadeSaidHardPlayMovingGamesSimplePerfectUnitedQualityClassSawsPlayerFootballBallsSurpriseInternationalGapsControlledItalianInchesFootballerManchesterDutchBest PlayersSurprise MeManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Edwin van der Sar
“To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team - spirit. That's the right attitude; that will bring you pleasure and fulfillment in football. A baker cannot live on bread he made yesterday, and a footballer cannot live on his last game. It's about the here and now.” WantMadeKidsLastsYoungSpiritGamesFunEnjoyPleasureAttitudeTeamFootballYesterdayBreadHaving FunFulfillmentGermanyHere And NowFootballerBakersTeam SpiritPlaying Football Author:Jurgen Klinsmann
“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
“Earning my college degree. It was a promise I made to my parents. I understand that football is only a certain time in my life, and my degree will help me sustain my life well past football. I was so proud of that, and the amount of work I put into it.” WellsMadeHelpingPastCertainParentFootballCollegeAmountProudPromiseDegreesHelp MeEarningCollege Degree Author:Marcus Mariota
“I was out of the country for a period of time but followed everything closely through other people in our organization and we've made the decisions that we felt were right for the football team and we'll continue to do that and be as diligent as we can going forward.” PeopleMadeCountryFeltDecisionTeamFootballPeriodsOrganizationDiligentFootball Team Author:Bill Belichick
“I was so mad I wasn't sitting at the stadium watching it [Prince' 2007 Super Bowl performance] in person. So when Prince came back to the box where I would have been after he performed, he said to my makeup artist, "Where's Stevie?" She said, "She's sick, and she was told by our manager that she would have to walk across the football field when the game was over in the mud and try to find a limo, so she made the decision that she couldn't do that." He was not happy that I wasn't there, and now today I'm not happy about it because I should have gone and I should have walked in that mud for him.” ShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensMadeSaidTodayArtistGamesDecisionWalksGoneFieldsFootballSittingShould HaveSickMadBoxesManagersMakeupMudStadiumsNot HappyFootball FieldMakeup ArtistLimos Author:Stevie Nicks
“That's another thing, we made up games. We didn't have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We would play hockey, but we wouldn't skate. We just made things up. I loved doing that.” MadePlayGamesFootballHockeyEquipmentSkatesSlow Motion Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.” PeopleMadePlayDreamWantedSacrificeAchieveChangedFootballMy FriendsMy FamilyLeavingNew LifeArgentina Author:Lionel Messi
“I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.” PeopleNeedsTryingLooksChildrenMadeShowsKidsLeaderWatchesFootballSeriousTvsCoupleTrainingAccountsHeyFascinatedTv ShowsDiplomacyRaising ChildrenDown The RoadPlaying Football Author:Dee Dee Myers
“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
“I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.” WantMadePlayWantedTeamFootballDadImpactMy DadTrackObscureSuperheroBoxersOutfitsNational Team Author:Apolo Ohno
“Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don't seem to matter. It's constant and harsh sometimes.” PeopleInspirationalKindMadeSometimesMatterSeemsRoomsPlayerFootballConflictConstantAll KindsManagersLoadHarshDressingsDressing Rooms Author:Wayne Rooney
“I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.” YearsMadeHardEnoughStrongPlayerFootballHeavyDamageMusclesSwimmingVery StrongStrong EnoughFootball PlayerHairstyles Author:Esther Williams
“A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.” NeedsWellsLooksMadePlayActionTermLinesTakenFootballDrawsCoachesBoardsAcademicYardsFootball CoachBetween The LinesTouchdownsBlackboard Author:John O. Brennan
“You ever watch a football game and get totally into it? Why? It's not a real battle. It's just a game somebody made up. So how can you take it seriously? Or, you ever see a movie that made your heart about jump out of your chest? Or one that made you cry? Why? It wasn't real. You ever look at a photo of food that made your mouth water? Why? You can't eat the picture. . . . . . Same thing with water towers and God. I don't have to be a believer to be serious about my religion.” LooksHeartMadeRealGamesWaterWatchesCryFootballSeriousBattleMouthsBelieverChestsTowersFootball GameReal You Author:Pete Hautman