“When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.” ThinkingChildrenDreamWould BeRememberGoalAchieveFootballProudOne DayUnbelievableStadiumsFootballerMilan Author:Andriy Shevchenko
“I like college football a lot, because it's the dream that you're chasing. The dream of one day possibly making it, with the harsh reality that only one percent make it.” DreamRealityFootballCollegeOne DayPercentHarshChasingCollege FootballHarsh Reality Author:Ray Lewis
“My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day.” YearsTeamFootballOne DayFootball TeamSophomoreSophomore YearTryouts Author:Mo Rocca
“My first experience with football was not very good because I didn't plan on playing football. I was just playing hookie one day and I was a sophomore and decided not to go to class. And the principal - normally he does his rounds and I thought I had him down pretty good where he was going to be - he sort of walked up behind me and scared me. He noticed I could run real fast. So that's how I got introduced to football.” FirstsDoeRealRunningBehindsClassPlansFootballOne DayDecidedRoundsVery GoodScaredPrincipalPlaying FootballSophomore Author:Jerry Rice
“I played soccer growing up, and then high school came along and the football coach came out one day and was like, 'Hey, do you want to kick for us?' I was like, 'Sure, I'll come out and kick one day.' I got moved up to varsity and that's how the story began.” WantStoriesSchoolGrowing UpGrowingFootballOne DayHigh SchoolMovedCoachesHeySoccerNflKicksFootball Coach Author:Kyle Brindza
“I was so obsessed with football that you could say I was taking the goal home with me at night. And then one day the system fell apart.” HomeNightGoalFootballOne DayObsessed Author:Oliver Kahn
“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
“The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.” WayHappensSuccessfulPlayerFootballOne DayWake UpLawyerPreparationBeing SuccessfulOver YouTake TimeFootball PlayerIt Takes TimePro Football Author:Alan Page
“When I was writing the script, I knew didn't want to make a sports movie. I was very clear that I wanted to make a sibling rivalry story. So when I was writing the script, the football was getting in the way of the drama. One day, I saw Michael Haneke's Funny Games, which is probably the most violent film I've ever seen - but the violence is off camera. When I finished watching the film, I said, 'Hey, that's what I have to do.' Haneke gave me this solution.” WayWantWritingSaidStoriesWantedFilmGamesSportsClearSawsViolenceFootballDramaOne DaySolutionsCamerasScriptsFinishedViolentHeySiblingRivalrySibling RivalrySports MovieFunny GameViolent Films Author:Carlos Cuaron
“Football is hope. To be a better human being but also hope one day, one day, to leave your country to be somewhere, let's say admired, as a football star.” HumansCountryStarsHuman BeingsFootballOne Day Author:Sepp Blatter
“Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead.” MenThreeGamesWatchesFootballTvsOne DayFootball GameConsecutive Author:Joyce Brothers
“We definitely have a lot of talent in India for football. It is great to see football's growing popularity and I really hope a larger number of corporate companies invest in the game so that one day we have a great team to boast about.” GamesNumbersCompanyGrowingTeamTalentFootballOne DayIndiaCorporatePopularityBoastGreat Team Author:Suresh Raina
“We had similar interests with Derek Rowan and Paul Hewson; it sounds really pretentious at 12, 13 year old kids were like into art and poetry, but we were. We weren't into football, we were into making music or being into music and painting and stuff like that. And we called this sort of little gang Lypton Village and we made up imaginary games and this is one day we'll form bands and one day we'll make movies and one day we'll do this and one day we'll do that. A lot of kids do this in their own way, except 25, 30 years later legend happens because some of us have become quite well known.” ArtKidsInterestFootballPaintingOne DayImaginaryWell KnownGangPretentious Author:Gavin Friday
“So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks.” IfsMindEnoughLastsGoalResultsWeekHavensFootballOne DayNormalSetting GoalsGood Football Author:Jose Mourinho
“So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.” KnowsFootballOne DayUps & DownsInspirational Soccer Author:Jose Mourinho