“Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.” TodayParentDecisionInfluenceAwarenessDangerFootballAthleteCoachesBuyingHelmetConcussions Author:Tom Udall
“My prescription for women entering the war zone of the professions: study football. . . . Women who want to remake the future should look for guidance not to substitute parent figures but to the brash assertions of pagan sport.” WantShouldLooksWarSportsParentStudyFiguresFootballProfessionGuidanceZoneSubstitutesEnteringPaganAssertionPrescriptionsRemakesWar ZonesBrash Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“I was playing video games LONG before I ever thought about playing football. If it wasn't for my parents making sure that I got outside every now and then as a child, I probably would've pursued some sort of tech path.” IfsChildrenLongGamesParentPathFootballVideoNow And ThenPursuedPlaying FootballPlaying Video Games Author:Chris Kluwe
“I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.” YearsHomeFormThreeLeftParentChanceFootballNeededBallsThree YearsDivorcedSecond Chance Author:Vinnie Jones
“I think just what my parents instilled in me was hard work and being able to always go out there and focus and be 100%. I took that work ethic into the NFL and everyday I always gave 100% and never wanted anything to be handed to me. I wanted to earn it. And every time I stepped on that football field during practice I wanted to leave that football field with learning something about what the practice was about for me that day...” ThinkingHardAbleWantedParentPracticeFocusFieldsFootballHard WorkEthicsEverydayNflWork EthicFootball Field Author:Jerry Rice
“If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being "mother's only accomplishment," today's children may suffer from an underestimation of their needs. Our idea of what a child needs in each case reflects what parents need. The child's needs are thus a cultural football in an economic and marital game.” IfsNeedsMayChildrenIdeasTodayMotherSufferingGamesParentClassCasesEconomicMiddleCenturyFootballAccomplishmentMiddle Class Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“I'd have loved to have been a footballer. I was always playing football and I enjoyed it much more than tennis to begin with. It's more fun to play in a team, all the parents are there cheering you on.” Has BeensPlayFunParentTeamFootballEnjoyedTennisCheerFootballerPlaying Football Author:Andy Murray
“So it would be a good thing for Chinese parents to instill enthusiasm among their kids for football. It's a great game, not only regarding the emotions behind it, but it's also a game for young people to gain experience of working in a bigger group and work to achieve goals.” PeopleWould BeKidsYoungGamesParentGoalEmotionBehindsGroupsAchieveFootballGainsBiggerGood ThingsEnthusiasmChineseInstillAchieving Goals Author:Berti Vogts
“For a long time, I was more involved in basketball, baseball and golf. My parents didn't push me into football when I was a little kid, but they coaxed me into trying it as a 10th grader.” TryingLittlesLongKidsParentFootballInvolvedBasketballLong TimeBaseballGolfLittle Kid Author:Marc Bulger
“I don't sleep much. Five to six, I'd say. You could argue that people, as they get older, sleep less - probably because they're afraid of dying at some point. I know my parents don't sleep much. I know that I used to be able to sleep until noon when I was younger. I couldn't fathom staying in bed until ten now. I wouldn't know what to do unless there's a football game on.” PeopleKnowsAbleUsedGamesParentSleepFiveDyingFootballBedTenSixArguingUsed To BeStayingNoonFathomFootball Game Author:George Clooney
“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
“Obama said, basically, "I wouldn't let any son of mine play football, though I do watch." And that struck me as remarkable! It's like he's saying, yeah, let some other set of parents or guardians put their boys up for that kind of punishment (and for my amusement). But not mine! It's just abject hypocrisy from a guy who should know better.” KnowsShouldKindSaidPlayGuyParentBoysWatchesFootballMinesSonYeahPunishmentHypocrisyRemarkableAmusementGuardian Author:Steve Almond
“My parents preached so much about Christianity and my mother thinks Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to the world - which he is - and God found a way of making examples for me. Like, just growing up, bullets would hit my partner but not me and I'd be right there. Or my Dad had a thing where he would make me play for the sorry team during football and make me go up against all my friends. It built a certain kind of character and a humble factor into me because I knew I had to work for it. And then to be able to beat them or be just as successful at so many things.” ThinkingWorldKindCharacterMotherJesusParentChristianityGrowing UpSuccessfulTeamFootballDadSorryMy DadHumble Author:Cyhi the Prynce
“When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.” LittlesPlayKidsSportsParentCitiesGrowing UpGrowingFootballBaseballLeagueLittle League Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.” InspirationalHas BeensParentFootballIntellectualSoccerFootballerFunny SoccerSoccer PlayerFunny FootballSoccer FootballStupid SportsFooty Author:David Beckham
“I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.” IdeasPlayEnergyParentFourFootball Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.” IfsKnowsPlayWould BeWantedSchoolAsksParentChurchPartySuccessfulFootballMy FriendsAsk MeBeing SuccessfulGuestsVery HappyPlaying Football Author:Andrea Bocelli
“It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy.” TryingChildrenShowsUsedGamesParentSidesWatchesFootballPhonesPainfulCellsCell PhoneOld DaysNostalgicShowing OffHandyFootball GameGood Old DaysBlackberries Author:Sherry Turkle
“My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. I think the Merryweather cheerleaders confuse me because I missed out on Sunday School. It has to be a miracle. There is no other explanation. How else could they sleep with the football team on Saturday night and be reincarnated as virginal goddesses on Monday?” ThinkingSchoolNightParentReligiousSleepTeamFootballWorshipMiracleRaisesExplanationSundayGoddessClosestSaturdayMondaySaturday NightTrinityFootball TeamCheerleaderVisaSunday SchoolAmerican Express Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“Yes, he’s a good boy. Never been in trouble at school and he’s on the honor roll. Captain of the football team. All-around psycho serial killer who hides bodies in the fridge whenever his parents go out of town. (Nick) I also eat babies for breakfast and torture small animals for fun. My therapist says I’m making real progress though. (Caleb)” RealBodySchoolFunParentAnimalBoysProgressTroubleTeamFootballBabyHonorTownsTortureBreakfastKillersCaptainsTherapistsSerialsFootball TeamPsychoSerial KillerFridgesCalebGood BoySmall AnimalsHonor Roll Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is northern Northern California after all - the final frontier of freakerdom. Just in the eleventh grade we have a girl named Electricity, a guy named Magic Bus, and countless flowers: Tulip, Begonia, and Poppy - all parent-given-on-the-birth-certificate names. Tulip is a two-ton bruiser of a guy who would be the star of out football team if we were the kind of school that has optional morning meditation in the gym” IfsKindTwoWould BeSchoolGuyGirlNamesGivenStarsParentMorningMeditationMagicTeamFootballFlowerMomBirthFinalsWork OutCaliforniaGradesGymBusElectricityFrontiersHippieFootball TeamCertificatesLennonOptionalPoppiesBirth CertificateNorthern CaliforniaLennie Author:Jandy Nelson
“I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all that earlier. I was mad because I wanted you in a way I'd never experienced before. Before you, I just wanted to excel in football and school. I wanted my parents to be proud of me. But now, I want other things too. You get to me in a way I don't understand” KnowsWayWantSaidWantedSchoolParentFootballProudAngryMadBe ProudBeing A ParentProud Of Me Author:Abbi Glines