“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
“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 never changes. Football is a game of repetition, mental and physical. You may try to articulate it a little different, but it's the same thing: Get better players, make fewer mistakes, and drill the fundamentals into your players' heads. The rest of it is a joke. Teams aren't winning because of what they had for breakfast of what some coach said in the locker room.” TryingMayLittlesSaidDifferentGamesWinningRoomsMistakePlayerTeamFootballJokesFundamentalsCoachesGet BetterNflBreakfastFewerRepetitionNever ChangeDrillsLockersLocker Room Author:Barry Switzer
“I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.” PeopleIfsLooksI CanEnoughYoungGivenBornAbilityMistakeCareersPracticeFootballCollegeNeededFameSmartTradeMusicalHonestlyPursuePianoHallsParticipationAthleticHornsViolinFeatsHall Of FameSame MistakesCoordinationPro FootballMusical AbilityFrench Horn Author:Otto Graham
“Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.” GamesLosesMistakeFootballMaking Mistakes Author:Johan Cruijff
“I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.” LooksBigsSpiritualGamesSportsChallengesMistakeFootballEgoViolentMaking MistakesCriticizeFear Of FailureBarbaric Author:Troy Polamalu
“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
“[T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” IfsYearsBookDoneFeelingsSchoolLastsFallLeftMistakeAirFootballSummerPagesCleanObligationPassingPassingsHatsAutumnVacationLast YearSeptemberGatheringAnnualsSchool DaysJubilee Author:Wallace Stegner