“I care about football, so what Im seeing regarding the image of FIFA, not only now but in the past years, I dont like it.” YearsCarePastSeeingFootballI CareFifa Author:Luis Figo
“But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate presence for the past 12 months - where the money has gone? You know, the £30m or so in prize money that every team, even the one at the bottom of the table from August to May, automatically receives by being in the Premier League... So what happened to that money? Or put another way, why was such a meaningless fraction of it spent on recruiting new players? It's one thing not to compete; it's quite another not to even attempt to do so.” KnowsWayMindMayPastGonePlayerHappenedOne ThingTeamFootballMonthsTablesBottomSoccerAnalysisLeaguePrizeMeaninglessAnother WayInadequateAugustFractionsPremier LeagueDerbyPrize Money Author:Pete Gill
“I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who are not under the thumb. I'm stronger than that. Did she want me out of the house? Listen, she's wanted me out of the house for the past 27 years and has often asked me not to come back again. But I always show up, and really, she can't do without me, because I'm brilliant.” MenWantYearsShowsWantedJobsPastAsksHouseFootballStrongerBrilliantManagersThis LifeSoccerWant MePermissionThumbsChairmanBack AgainHe Wants Me Author:Martin O'Neill
“The game must have been past my bed-time.” Has BeensPastGamesFootballBedManagersSoccerChairmanBed Time Author:Theo Walcott
“I always keep moments that were defining for me in my past and challenged me in my past - from getting evicted out of my apartment when I was 14 years old, to being cut from the CFL [Canadian Football League] and only having 7 bucks in my pocket, to bouts with depression - I keep moments like that very close to me because it continues to be great motivators for me. It helps keep me grounded, and it's a good reminder of how things work, and I never want to go back to that.” WantYearsMomentsHelpingPastCuttingFootballLeaguePocketsApartmentGroundedRemindersDefiningBucksMy Past Author:Dwayne Johnson
“I probably prefer Spanish football to the others. It's very technical, the way they play; they keep the ball well, and whenever Spurs have played against Spanish teams in the past, they've always made it difficult for us.” WayWellsMadePlayPastDifficultTeamFootballBallsMade ItSpurs Author:Gareth Bale
“To portray America over the past twenty years or so, I would think immediately of football, probably the Super Bowl in its sumptuous suggestion of a national death wish.” ThinkingYearsAmericaPastWishFootballTwentiesBowlsSuggestionsOver The PastSuper BowlDeath WishSumptuous Author:Don DeLillo
“I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.” ThinkingKnowsDoeImportantPastSportsPlayerFootballTrainingCrossesTrainShouldersSurfingFootball Player Author:Troy Polamalu
“I'm in love with football, but I just needed to recapture that strength to train and play. So many people helped me along the way that I'm afraid to leave anyone out. Above all, though, I want to mention the help of my medical team that has been working alongside me for the past two years.” PeopleWayWantYearsHas BeensTwoPlayHelpingPastTeamFootballNeededTrainMedicalTwo Years Author:Cristiano Ronaldo
“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
“I'm sure that any current or past player of mine would tell you that the balls we practice with are as bad as they can be: wet, sticky, cold, slippery. However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.” PastQualityPracticePlayerFootballMinesColdBallsCurrentsComplainingWetSlipperySticky Author:Bill Belichick
“Jorge Luis Borges had the soapbox and the authority to complain about this myopic understanding of the duty of Latin American writers, which sometimes forecloses their unique modernism and experience of modernization in favor of a mythic past or an artificially constructed ideal national subject. So likewise in João Gilberto Noll, readers shouldn't expect samba and Carnival and football. The Brazilian national identity is not one of his primary concerns.” SometimesPastUnderstandingIdentityFootballDutyAuthorityUniqueConcernComplainingLatinModernismLatin AmericaAmerican Writer Author:Adam Morris
“As a man and as a sports figure, you have to set limits and set boundaries on what can and cannot happen. Once you do that, your family will start to respect you. 'OK, I get it, he's all about football and handling his business,' and that's what I've done. In the past, when I was a young man - a younger man - it was hard for me to say no. Since I'm older, wiser, I know how to handle people, know how to say no, know when something is right and something wrong. I use proper judgment.” PeopleMenDonePastSportsFootballJudgmentBoundariesOur FamilyWiser Author:Vernon Davis