“Arsenal will always have a place in my heart and that is the same for so many other people too. There's a strong sense of 'family' at the Club and it is why those people that leave so often find their way back, to be around that feeling and I believe that even when you go a bit of you never leaves Arsenal anyway, that is how it has been for me. I'm just so glad that I've been able to be part of the story of the football club.” PeopleWayBelieveHeartHas BeensStoriesFeelingsAbleStrongI BelieveBitsFootballMy HeartClubsGladArsenalFootball Clubs Author:Thierry Henry
“You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to do something that very few people get to do - I get to touch the human brain, and every day I get to hit home runs, I get to score touchdowns.” PeopleKnowsHumansHomeRunningSportsBrainKnow HowPlayerFootballBaseballScoreHuman BrainBaseball PlayerFootball PlayerHome RunTouchdowns Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
“I hated school . . . I freaking hated it. The fact is that it revolved around something you didn't have access to. If you weren't on the football team, if you were in the band, you were a leper. When people say those were the best years of our lives, I want to scream.” PeopleIfsWantYearsFactsSchoolOur LivesTeamFootballBandAccessHatedScreamFootball TeamBest YearLeper Author:Trent Reznor
“Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.” PeopleStrongFootballToughSafetyWrestlingMentalityPrecision Author:Christian Kane
“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
“I love the values football can teach. It gives young people a sense of how to defer present gratification for future success, it teaches self-discipline, it teaches teamwork, it gives them a bonding experience that can be hard to find somewhere else, it teaches the ability to process large amounts of information and apply it in real time.” PeopleGivingRealSelfHardYoungValuesProcessAbilityTeachInformationFootballAmountDisciplineTeamworkSelf DisciplineSomewhere ElseGratificationBondingFuture Success Author:Leigh Steinberg
“Some people wouldn't say I coached in the National Football League. I coached with the Raiders, right?” PeopleFootballLeagueRaiders Author:Jim McElwain
“So [Polaroid's Dr. Edwin] Land, at 75, went off to spend the remainder of his life doing pure science, trying to crack the code of color vision. The man is a national treasure. I don't understand why people like that can't be held up as models: This is the most incredible thing to be - not an astronaut, not a football player - but this.” PeopleMenTryingVisionPlayerLandFootballColorHe ManPureModelsIncrediblesTreasureCodeCracksDrsAstronautFootball PlayerPolaroidsNational Treasure Author:Steve Jobs
“The game of football really is more cerebral than most people think. To be successful, it takes more than just strength and speed; it takes versatility, intelligence, and ability to think quickly and calmly, to adapt to every situation.” PeopleThinkingGamesAbilitySituationSuccessfulFootballSpeedBeing SuccessfulCerebralVersatility Author:Ray Rice
“I have a soft side that I like people to see. I'm not mean. That's just football. That's just the way you've got to go. You can't go into a game that is that violent and be soft. You can't be that way.” PeopleWayMeanGamesSidesFootballViolent Author:Brandon Jacobs
“A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball.” PeoplePlayWantedFootballCollegeBaseballCollege Football Author:Matt Holliday
“Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different.” PeopleIfsWayWritingDifferentPlayStoriesActingFootballPersonalityDrawsPaintJournalistInterviewsNavigateCarpenter Author:Tom Sizemore
“I love Thanksgiving. I truly do. Every last thing about it is wonderful. I love getting together with family and friends. I love the meal. I love the football. I love the four-day weekend without having anything that particularly has to get done. And of course, I love the fundamental idea behind it-giving thanks for all the good people and good things in your life.” PeopleGivingIdeasDoneTogetherLastsCoursesBehindsFourWonderfulFootballFundamentalsGood ThingsThanksMealsGood PeopleWeekendFamily And FriendsLove Thanksgiving Author:Bill Richardson
“Football can generate excitement and bring people together.” PeopleTogetherFootballExcitement Author:Didier Drogba
“God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.” PeopleMadePlayCertainFootball Author:Joe Gibbs
“When I was in Dutch and Italian football, a lot of people looked at Manchester United, and when they were asked who was the best player, a lot of them said Paul Scholes. Much of what he did looked simple, but actually it was quite hard. Invariably he controlled the ball instantly and passed it straight on, keeping the game moving. He made inch-perfect passes across the pitch; he saw the gaps and could play the ball through them. So it didn't surprise me that so many top-class international footballers recognized his quality.” PeopleMadeSaidHardPlayMovingGamesSimplePerfectUnitedQualityClassSawsPlayerFootballBallsSurpriseInternationalGapsControlledItalianInchesFootballerManchesterDutchBest PlayersSurprise MeManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Edwin van der Sar
“I think (fantasy football) has become something that needs to be looked at in terms of regulation. Effectively, it's day trading without any regulation at all. When you have insider information, which has apparently been the case, when you have people who use that information, use big data to try and take advantage of it, there has to be some regulation. If they can't regulate themselves, then the NFL needs to look at moving away from them a little bit, and there should be some regulation.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsShouldTryingLooksLittlesUseBigsMovingBitsTermCasesFantasyInformationFootballLittle BitAdvantageDataNflRegulationTradingInsidersMoving AwayFantasy Football Author:Jeb Bush
“One of these days, someone smarter and younger and more articulate than I is going to get through to the American people just how really messed up the federal government has become. And when that happens, the American people are going to rise up like that football crowd in Cleveland and run both teams off the field.” PeopleGovernmentHappensRunningTeamFieldsFootballCrowdsThese DaysSmarterFederal GovernmentMessed UpCleveland Author:Zell Miller
“Some if it may seem hokey to some people, but if you traveled where I've traveled, done what I've done and seen the results that I've been getting, then you understand where I'm coming from. Playing in a football game is like being in 30-40 car accidents. You can find yourself in awkward positions. That stuff takes its toll. But if you take advantage of health care, balance your body back out, put it back where its supposed to be, you function better, and you recover faster.” PeopleIfsMayDoneBodySeemsCareGamesStuffResultsCarPositionFootballBalanceAdvantageFunctionAccidentsYour BodySupposed To BeHealth CareFasterFinding YourselfBe YouAwkwardTraveledTollsFootball GameCar Accident Author:Emmitt Smith
“People love a player with ideas, because at the end of the day, the crowd want to be entertained. And with football being only a game, it has to be enjoyable too.” PeopleWantIdeasEndsGamesPlayerFootballCrowdsThe End Of The DayEnjoyable Author:Ernst Happel
“Making the effort to improve as a human being is what Coach Lombardi was all about. He was able to see the gap between where we were and what we could become-both as football players and as people. And he felt it was his God-given responsibility to close that gap.” PeopleHumansAbleGivenFeltHuman BeingsEffortResponsibilityPlayerFootballCoachesGapsFootball PlayerLombardi Author:Jerry Kramer
“I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Pelé. When he finishes and he retires, he will automatically become one of them. A player that people will talk about forever, while the game of football is as good and as popular as it is. He is a sensational player.” PeopleThinkingDoneGamesClassForeverPlayerFootballRetiringMessiSensationalCruyff Author:Bobby Charlton
“Agents are nasty scum. They're evil and divisive and pointless. They only survive because the rest of the sport is so corrupt and because leading football club people employ their sons in the job.” PeopleJobsEvilSportsFootballSonClubsAgentsNastyPointlessScumFootball Clubs Author:Simon Jordan
“Much of modern liberalism consists of people trying to get revenge on the football players they felt inferior to in school.” PeopleTryingSchoolFeltPlayerModernFootballRevengeLiberalismInferiorsFootball PlayerModern Liberalism Author:Steve Sailer
“The quibble I have with President [Barack] Obama is,and I think some other people will have it, too is that the rhetoric is fine, and identifying the problem is fine. But it`s to use a football analogy, he sort of pushes it into the red zone, and then tends to settle for a field goal.” PeopleThinkingUseProblemGoalPresidentFieldsFootballFineRedBarackSettlingZoneRhetoricAnalogiesPresident Barack ObamaIdentifying Author:Barack Obama
“I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.” PeopleWantPleasureFootballRemembered Author:George Best
“Football's like a big market place and people go to the market every day to buy their vegetables.” PeopleBigsFootballVegetables Author:Bobby Robson
“Imagine my surprise when it turned out the main thing that I was qualified for was to get another degree and teach Political Science to other people, who would, in turn, teach it to other people! This wasn't higher education, this was Amway with a football team!” PeoplePoliticalTurnsPoliticsTeachImagineTeamFootballHigherDegreesSurpriseQualifiedPolitical ScienceHigher EducationFootball TeamAmway Author:Richard Jeni
“I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.” PeopleWantedGamesFootballEnglandLiverpoolLiverpool Fc Author:Bill Shankly
“Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy. (on former teammate Luboslav Penev)” PeopleGivingMomentsRememberGivenFootballGiving UpToughMercySickRemainsCancerFighterFormerRemember WhenNever Giving UpTeammateGiven UpBulgariaTough Moments Author:Hristo Stoichkov
“Penalties are not football. They are not even as television people keep telling us, great drama. They are cheap melodrama.” PeopleTelevisionFootballDramaPenaltiesMelodrama Author:Simon Barnes
“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
“Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe.” PeopleSaidTwoBigsGuyUniverseGamesNumbersCasesTroubleFootballCollegeBasketballBaseballFaultsClockPaceBig Guys Author:Dolph Schayes
“It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantTryingHas BeensSaidSeemsIssuesFocusFootballInvolvedBlameCarefulAriseTwistsPlaying FootballBlame Me Author:Lionel Messi
“I find it embarrassing when people compare me to Maradona. How can they? There is only one Maradona. People who say this just have no idea, they don't know what they are talking about. Diego was a complete one-off who will never have an equal on the football pitch. No-one, I repeat no-one, could have transformed teams like he did. Maradona was the world's greatest-ever player while I'm just an apprentice.” PeopleKnowsWorldIdeasTalkingPlayerTeamFootballEqualNo IdeaCompareRepeatsTransformedEmbarrassingApprenticeMaradona Author:Sergio Aguero
“Kenny was actually here at Melwood as a 15-year-old schoolboy. He came on trial and he went home afterwards. It was only later that Bill Shankly realised that Dalglish was here as a boy and he went mad! He said 'how did we miss him?' Kenny just had the football brain. He was born with it and you can't give that to people. He had that natural born talent.” PeopleGivingYearsSaidHomeBornNaturalBrainBoysTalentMissingFootballBillsMadTrialsRealisedKenny Author:Ian St John
“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
“I went to a school in Miami that seemed like a private country club. The whole cheerleader, football player, clique-y thing there was terrifying. Those people were so scary. They're the scariest kinds of people because they are idolized by their peers. They have everything, they have money, and they're just mean-spirited. It's crazy.” PeopleKindMeanCountryWholeSchoolPlayerCrazyFootballClubsScaryPeersMiamiFootball PlayerSpiritedCheerleaderCliqueMean SpiritedCountry ClubsIdolized Author:Zoe Kravitz
“I know that I want to do my one-man show eventually, and that would talk about my life and about how football inspires me. I would love to do Shakespeare again, but in London this time. I'm pretty much open to receive the right opportunities with the right people.” PeopleKnowsMenWantShowsOpportunityFootballInspireLondonOne Man Author:Eddie George
“People who are following their dreams inspire me. I train at this relatively new gym in West Hollywood called Training Mate. It's owned by a former Australian football player named Luke Milton. The classes are mostly taught by other Australians that are just like Luke: fit, funny, cute, and approachable. Now they're talking about opening another location. He will open another location and be successful because he's following his dream. People like him inspire me because they make me think I can do it too.” PeopleThinkingI CanDreamCan DoTalkingClassSuccessfulPlayerFootballInspireTaughtFitTrainingHollywoodTrainWestFollowingOpeningFormerCuteBeing SuccessfulGymMatesLocationAustralianLukeI Can Do ItFootball PlayerMiltonWest Hollywood Author:Dayna Devon
“I didn't play in the NFL, and I didn't play defensive line. But football, at the fundamental level, is football. It's about motivating people and getting the best out of them.” PeoplePlayLinesLevelsFootballFundamentalsNfl Author:Brendan Daly
“I mean, Dad was one of these people who simply could not lose, you know? He could not stand it when a kid was beating him. He would go crazy when the child came to that moment, which, you know, you have to come to - I mean, Dad played Old Maids like he played football. He just simply had to win every single thing every single time.” PeopleKnowsMeanChildrenMomentsKidsWinningLosesCrazyFootballDadThat MomentMaidsOld Maids Author:Terry Gross
“For me, my entry point, when I was old enough, was the skinhead/suedehead thing, sort of like '70/'71. People didn't have much money - they would save up, or whatever - but everyone always dressed up. You'd go to a dance at the football club on a Thursday night and all of us kids - all of us from maybe like 12 to 16 - were all dressed up.” PeopleEnoughKidsNightFootballClubsEntryDressed UpThursdayFootball ClubsThursday Night Author:Paul Weller
“The reason that people in the intellectual community argue that football is dangerous is because there's now a large swath of society that has no relationship to physicality or potential violence.” PeopleReasonCommunityViolenceDangerousFootballIntellectualArguingPhysicality Author:Chuck Klosterman
“What's kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who have no relationship to physicality and a percentage of the populace who still does.” PeopleKindDoeStillsMightClassFootballConflictHappeningsPercentagesPhysicalityClass Conflict Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I was the kid that wanted to be anonymous in that I'd put a football helmet on and be a member of a team and go out there and maim people. It was a very hard process. It truly was.” PeopleHardKidsWantedProcessTeamFootballMembersHelmet Author:Bill Goldberg
“It's sometimes difficult living in France. People are more open minded in England, and of course I'm missing England in terms of football and the passion that the fans show, they're really passionate.” PeopleSometimesShowsPassionCoursesDifficultTermFansMissingFootballEnglandPassionateFranceOpen MindOpen Minded Author:Emmanuel Petit
“A football team is like a company. All of the people working in a company are not supposed to love each other, but they are supposed to be professional.” PeopleCompanyTeamFootballSupposed To BeLove Each OtherFootball Team Author:Emmanuel Petit
“A lot of people have lost interest in watching England play. To get motivated to watch international football, you need your country to be having some form of success and England haven't had any for a long time now.” PeopleNeedsLongCountryPlayFormLostInterestWatchesHavensFootballLong TimeEnglandInternationalMotivated Author:Michael Owen