“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
“It is customary for columnists to complain about the excesses of Premiership footballers, whenever - as happens regularly - there is an incident involving some combination of sex, drugs, drink, violence and the constabulary. But modern footballers have a lot of both money and disposable time, a combination that has proved a recipe for personal disaster throughout history. And these incidents take place generally round night clubs rather than football clubs. The average Premiership player who turned up for work drunk would have a career-expectancy measurable in minutes.” HappensNightSexCareersPlayerViolenceModernMinutesFootballDrinkDrugRoundsAverageClubsComplainingDisasterDrunkSoccerCombinationAnalysisExcessRecipesIncidentsInvolvingFootballerDisposableColumnistsExpectancyFootball ClubsNight ClubSex Drugs Author:Matthew Engel
“I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists.” PeopleFactsHomeTodayBeautifulLife IsFeltMinutesFootballPrideManagersSoccerChairmanLife Is BeautifulToday Life Author:Arsene Wenger
“Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.” WayPlayGamesWinningFivePiecesMinutesFootballBallsPressureBoxesManagersSoccerFive MinutesChairmanDeliveryLiverpoolPumpsUnder Pressure Author:Alex Ferguson
“He predicts things. I have often heard him say things which are proved right minutes later. Its really impressive - almost mystical.” HeardMinutesFootballManagersSoccerMysticalImpressiveChairman Author:Didier Drogba
“You don't look for jobs. You don't phone up 10 clubs and say, Here I am. You are offered the job. I was in Benfica many years ago. I was leaving the training ground and I had a car after me. It went on for 10 minutes. Anyhow, he stopped and I stopped and he said, I'm from the Italian embassy. Ah yes, and what do you want? I want your phone number because Roma wants you as a manager next season. Three months later I was sitting on the bench in Roma. I don't think the rest of working society works like football.” ThinkingWantYearsLooksSaidJobsThreeNextNumbersMinutesCarFootballMonthsTrainingSittingYears AgoSeasonsLeavingPhonesClubsManagersSoccerItalianI Want YouChairmanBenchesHere I AmThree MonthsPhone NumbersEmbassySitting On The Bench Author:Sven-Goran Eriksson
“Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15 minutes worth of balls with me?'” EndsPlayMinutesFootballBrotherMomLuckyBasketballBaseballBallsHeyMy BrotherTennisThe End Of The DayAnd At The End Of The DayAlways There For Me Author:Jimmy Connors
“Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” MenTwoEndsFunnyGamesWinningSportsSimpleMinutesFootballBallsTwentiesSoccerGermanyChasingFunny SoccerTwenty TwoFunny SportsFunny Football Author:Gary Lineker
“I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers.” WatchesMinutesFootballBrotherTvsPro FootballLinebackersSteelers Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.” SportsHoursHalfMinutesFoodFootballDinnerHolidayTwelveCoincidenceThanksgivingConsumedEighteenAmerican FootballFootball TeamThanksgiving DayThanksgiving And GratitudeThanksgiving ThanksThanksgiving GratitudeThanksgiving HolidayInspirational ThanksgivingHappy ThanksgivingFunny ThanksgivingThanksgiving InspirationalFunny American FootballThanksgiving FunnyLove ThanksgivingThanksgiving GreetingsThanksgiving DinnerFunny Happy ThanksgivingGood ThanksgivingThanksgiving LoveFamily ThanksgivingThanksgiving WishesThanksgiving And LoveFunny Thanksgiving DayChristian ThanksgivingHappy Thanksgiving WishesFriends ThanksgivingHoliday GivingThanksgiving ChristianThanksgiving TurkeyHalf TimeHappy Thanksgiving LoveTurkeys On ThanksgivingThanksgiving ThoughtsNice ThanksgivingHappy Thanksgiving PoemsTurkey DayThanksgiving JokesThanksgiving Card Author:Erma Bombeck
“Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as she contemplated how deliciously self-destructive it would be, almost erotic, to be married to a man so nearly handsome, so hugely rich, so unfathomably stupid. He would fill her with his big-faced children, all of them loud, boneheaded boys with a passion for guns and football and aeroplanes.” MenFirstsChildrenSelfBigsWould BePassionFeltBoysRichMinutesStupidFootballMarriedGunLoudPleasantDestructiveSensationsStomachHandsomeEroticBeing MarriedDeliverySinkingAeroplanesSelf Destructive Author:Ian Mcewan
“Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life...We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly. We're the country of thirty-minute power lunches and two-minute football drills. Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.” ThinkingTwoImportantCountryThreeShareMinutesBuildingFootballTaughtLessonsProjectsDown AndAccomplishCupsTeaThirtyLunchSlow DownDrillsCups Of TeaImportant LessonsBuilding RelationshipsThree Cups Of Tea Author:Greg Mortenson