“It is like football with coaches, like, 'We're only going to think about the next game.' It is really true, all you think is, 'Okay, we have to make a good next episode.'” ThinkingNextGamesFootballOkayCoachesEpisodesReally True Author:Matt Stone
“In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.” SchoolNextSawsTeamFootballBasketballHigh SchoolCoachesNext DayFootball TeamBasketball Team Author:Charles Mingus
“Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners.” YearsHopeNextWaitingFansCryFootballBaseballHockeyNext YearGardenerFootball FanBaseball FansHockey Fan Author:Robert Orben
“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
“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
“One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.” KnowsFirstsDoeSaidHardNextGamesBitsTakenFootballFindingsFirst TimeGolfManagersSoccerReservesChairman Author:Ron Atkinson
“We played a whole season unbeaten but you did not see me every week jumping on the tables. Once it's over it's over and you do in the next one as well as you can. Plenty of managers who have won the Champions League will not be considered great managers.” WellsWholeNextWeekFootballSeasonsTablesPlentyManagersSoccerLeagueChampionGreat MenOver ItJumpingChairmanThe Next OneChampions LeagueGreat ManagersUnbeaten Author:Arsene Wenger
“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
“We had a very exhaustive, extensive search for the guy that is going lead our football team over the next few years. We spent about two months in an in-depth interview process, and Bret came out with flying colors. We are absolutely thrilled that he is our head coach.” YearsTwoGuyNextSportsProcessTeamFootballColorMonthsDepthCoachesFlyingInterviewsFootball TeamTwo MonthsHead Coaches Author:Ron Jaworski
“There's no "I" on the football field. We have a total commitment to each other when we're out there. There is no doubt. It doesn't matter. The wins and losses of the game don't resonate with us. What resonates with us is "how much effort would you give for the man next to you."” MenGivingMatterNextGamesWinningLossEffortDoubtFieldsFootballHe ManCommitmentNo DoubtFootball FieldWins And Losses Author:Ray Lewis
“My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?'” PlayUsedNextGoalGenerationsFootballUltimateNext GenerationUltimate Goal Author:Michael Strahan
“One single great player doesn't make anything for a team; it has to be a team. I think [American] football is the greatest team sport there is because you have to depend on your brother next to you.” ThinkingNextSportsPlayerTeamFootballBrotherDependsAmerican FootballYour BrotherSports Team Author:Tim Tebow
“There's only one plan in football: win you next match.” NextWinningPlansFootball Author:Johnny Giles
“I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.” PeopleTryingYearsFirstsHateNextGamesWalksKnownStreetsFootballI HateHeyBeing FamousFootball Game Author:Andy Rooney
“Basketball was always my first love, but once I had a good year as a senior, I figured the next step was to play college football.” YearsFirstsPlayNextStepsFootballCollegeBasketballFirst LoveSeniorNext StepsCollege FootballGood Years Author:Ben Roethlisberger
“There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing.” NextCareersFootballStriveCompletion Author:Ryan Giggs
“The game of business used to be like football: size mattered. Then it changed to basketball: speed and agility. Today, business is more like chess. Customer priorities change continually, and the signals given by these changes are vital clues to the next cycle of growth.” TodayUsedNextGamesGivenGrowthChangedFootballBasketballSizeCustomersSpeedPrioritiesChessUsed To BeCyclesSignalsClueAgility Author:Adrian Slywotzky
“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
“I remember talking to Alex Ferguson about Tony [Blair] and Gordon [Brown], and he said: "Why doesn't Tony just get rid of him?" But if you sack someone in football, they can't turn up to training the next day. In politics they're still on the pitch. Gordon would still have been a big player.” IfsHas BeensSaidStillsBigsRememberTurnsNextTalkingPlayerFootballTrainingBrownNext DayAlexBlairFerguson Author:Alastair Campbell
“Someone on Twitter sent me a page from a textbook. It had a picture of a football player next to a picture of me. The juxtaposition was meant to illustrate two meanings of "offensive." Seriously. It broke my heart. It's that accepted what I do is offensive?” HeartTwoNextPlayerFootballMy HeartPagesAcceptedBrokeOffensiveTextbooksFootball PlayerJuxtapositionBroke My HeartTwo Meaning Author:Sarah Silverman
“According to the nanny who sold her story, Victoria used to scream at her husband: I gave up my music for you. So, the next time you feel like slagging off David Beckham, just take a moment to ponder on how much we all owe the man.” MenFeelsMomentsStoriesUsedNextPlayerFootballHe ManHusbandSoccerScreamNext TimeGave UpPonderingVictoriaNanniesBeckham Author:Ian O'Doherty
“There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. You listen to people who have finished and nothing replaces playing, but I'm still excited about not having to put my body through what I've put it through. And not feeling the disappointment that I feel.” PeopleFeelsStillsFeelingsBodyNextCareersFootballStriveDisappointmentExcitedFinishedCompletion Author:Ryan Giggs
“Football - it's not fun when you lose. That's a heartbreaking thing. But then there's a new week, and a new opportunity and I definitely get happier and happier as that new opportunity approaches. So 'win the next game,' that's my mindset.” NextOpportunityGamesWinningFunLosesWeekFootballApproachMindsetHeartbreakingNew Opportunity Author:Jim Harbaugh
“I hope to get out before they start football next year.” YearsNextFootballNext Year Author:Bear Bryant