“The Democrats have to do what he did when [Rahm Emanuel] was chairman of the Democratic House Campaign Committee, recruit veterans, recruit football players, recruit business people. And I think that's what the job of the new party chair has to be.” PeopleThinkingJobsHousePartyPlayerFootballDemocraticDemocratCampaignsChairsCommitteesVeteranChairmanFootball PlayerRecruit Author:Mark Shields
“When spectators and fans say about drunken brawls, violence, and dog fights, "Well, football players are prone to these things - that's why we admire them," they are encouraging terribly detrimental behavior. You might even say - a la Roman gladiators - they are egging on this behavior.” WellsMightFightingPlayerViolenceFansDogFootballBehaviorAdmireSpectatorsFootball PlayerDetrimental Author:Stanton Peele
“Football is the kind of game where you have to really segregate kids from the general population and kind of colonize their minds. It's more intense and demands more than other sports. And this is why the folks who are involved (as players, coaches, boosters, fans) are so much more devoted to it. It's really a cult, when you think about it.” ThinkingMindKindKidsGamesSportsPlayerFansFootballInvolvedDemandFolksPopulationCoachesIntenseDevotedCult Author:Steve Almond
“My foot, for a football player, is very beautiful!” BeautifulPlayerFeetFootballVery BeautifulFootball Player Author:Neymar
“I've always felt like the most improvement you can make is from year 1 to year 2, much like a college freshman who the most improvement he can make in an entire one year of college football is going from year 1 freshman year to his sophomore year. Like a pro football player going from his rookie season to his second season. There's a window there that will never come again that you have a chance to making your biggest strides.” YearsFeltChancePlayerFootballCollegeWindowSeasonsImprovementStrideFootball PlayerFreshmanCollege FootballPro FootballSophomoreRookiesFreshman YearSophomore YearCollege Freshmen Author:Jim Harbaugh
“I love the introduction of international managers and players into the Premier League. However Manchester United's principles through their history had always been: they will appoint a British manager, there will always promote youth, they will always play a certain style of football, they will always look to entertain. So to me the idea of appointing a British manager, David Moyes, appointing somebody who deserved that opportunity to step up, was the right principle.” LooksIdeasPlayCertainOpportunityUnitedStepsPrinciplesPlayerStyleYouthFootballInternationalBritishManagersLeagueIntroductionStep UpManchesterManchester UnitedPremier League Author:Gary Neville
“I think it would be great for football in Britain if Pep Guardiola wins leagues and dominates for a while with the way he likes to play and the players he'll bring in.” IfsThinkingWayPlayWould BeWinningPlayerFootballLikesLeagueBritainPep Author:Jamie Carragher
“There's hockey and football players tougher than me, there's gangbangers tougher than me. But my toughness is more, Jesus said "Be of tough mind, but tender heart; be tough as a serpent, but tender as a dove." That's who I am and what I do.” MindHeartSaidJesusPlayerFootballToughWho I AmHockeyDoveToughnessSerpentFootball PlayerTender Hearts Author:Mr. T
“When I was nine years, growing up on the south side of Chicago, in the ghetto. The Robert Taylor Projects. I came home from school, I showed my mother a picture and said "Momma, that's you in the rocking chair. There's daddy over there." I said, "Momma, one of these days, I'm gonna be big and strong. I'm gonna be a football player. I'm gonna be a boxer. I'm gonna buy you a beautiful house and I'm gonna buy you pretty dresses." That's all I want to do in life.” WantYearsSaidHomeBigsSchoolBeautifulMotherHouseStrongSidesGrowing UpGrowingPlayerFootballProjectsDressesSouthNineThese DaysChairsChicagoDaddyGhettoBoxersFootball PlayerNine YearsMommaRocking Chairs Author:Mr. T
“As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.” KnowsBelieveLooksLongYoungGuyKnownPlayerOne ThingFootballHappeningsConceptsPreparedThings HappenGreat ThingsLeagueNflAppreciatedAnticipateJust BelieveRookiesNfl PlayersSymposium Author:Russell Wilson
“I think the part that people get confused is that when you come in National Football League at a young age, they tell you to try to look for other things to do, and be ready for everything else in your life just in case. But as soon as you have a bunch of success, they think that's the only thing you can do, that you can only be a football player. I think God has gifted me with so many other things other than just football, and that's what I want to bring to the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantTryingLooksAgeYoungCan DoCasesPlayerFootballReadyBunchLeagueThings To DoConfusedGiftedYoung AgeFootball Player Author:Russell Wilson
“For some reason as a kid growing up in Lubbock, Texas, I always thought I was going to go to UCLA. I think it was because they had such great sports teams, and it was in California, where the actors were. But even though I was talking about being an actor when I was young, I was first going to be a football player. My dream was "I'm going to go to UCLA and be a football player."” ThinkingReasonDreamKidsSportsGrowing UpPlayerTeamFootballFootball Player Author:Brad Leland
“When you retire, you start to try different things and you choose the one you enjoy the most. As a player, it's difficult to know if you'll be a good manager or not because you might think you can't deal with the dressing room or won't enjoy the game from the sidelines. There's also punditry and careers on TV, so football gives you many different options.” ThinkingGivingTryingDifferentEnjoyDifficultPlayerFootballGood ManRetiringYou ChooseGood Manager Author:Michel Salgado
“My vision of being a professional, as opposed to being a football player before, has completely changed. Being a pro is doing everything right all the time. It sounds cliche, but if you apply that to strength training, if you apply that to a lot of body work, if you apply that to making good decisions, all the work I did on myself and all the time I spent with therapists and doctors and family, that was my mantra: "Do it right all the time." It started to build momentum, and it started to build up steam. Once I got the opportunity to come back and play, I just kept using that and it helped.” OpportunityDecisionVisionPlayerChangedFootballTrainingClicheFootball PlayerGood Decision Author:Richie Incognito
“In 2008, when I was wrapped up a very toxic relationship, I lived out of my car for about four months to get away. And what I learned about myself in the process is that sometimes a safety net isn't really that safe; it's what keeps you from flying. That year I went from playing football to being a football player. Football wasn't paying my bills, but people didn't really know how bad it was. That was the one place in the world that when everything else was chaos, I could be great. I think we all have that place where we experience greatness. Football definitely saved my life.” PeopleThinkingWorldSometimesPlayerCarGreatnessFootballSafetyChaosFlyingGet AwayFootball PlayerSafety NetPlaying Football Author:Jennifer Welter
“Nights were hard during my staying at the TV show because while my Playmate friends got to go out and party, I would have to be home by 9 p.m. I'd get a text message from a girl that read, 'Having so much fun in Vegas. Wish you were here! Partying with all these football players,' and that was devastating. I felt so trapped and angry when I was missing out on something good.” HomeNightGirlFunWishPartyPlayerMissingFootballFootball PlayerMissing OutText Message Author:Kendra Wilkinson
“I had people who were around me, people that I put a lot of trust in that sort of messed me over. So after that I said, only I can look back over my life and say I was responsible for whom I hired. I was responsible for how I managed my money. So I decided I wanted to do it myself. I understood the business of football. And because I can understand the business of football, I decided it's the best decision for me to be an agent. It made the most sense and I think a lot of players are opening their eyes to it as well.” PeopleThinkingEyeDecisionPlayerFootballResponsible Author:Russell Okung
“As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of former players, the risk of what's known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is becoming clear.” SportsKnownIssuesClearPlayerRiskFootballBecomingBehaviorSuicideMental HealthCriminalsFormerLeagueDementiaHealth IssuesCriminal Behavior Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.” InspirationalShowsMotivationalWinningSportsResultsPlayerFootballLosingGolfNflMotivational SportsBossInsightfulLoserShow MeAmerican FootballWinning And LosingFunny GolfNfl FootballWinning LosingBoss DayGood GolfBoss's DayFunny Boss DayNotre Dame FootballHappy Boss DayGood BossNational Boss DayFunny Boss Author:Vince Lombardi
“Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.” PlayMotivationalWinningBlackLeadershipPowerfulPlayerFootballCoachesBoardsMotivational SportsDozenOutlinesDimesGamer Author:Vince Lombardi
“I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid, but my father always told me - occasionally while striking me - that I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. And I think there's great truth in that.” KidsPlayerFootballBaseballVery GoodBaseball PlayerFootball PlayerGood Baseball Author:John Malkovich
“I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that.” FatherPlayerFootballBaseballVery GoodFootball PlayerPlaying BaseballGood Baseball Author:John Malkovich
“In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.” NeedsDifferentChristianSocialPlayerTeamFootballDemocratClubsBoatCoalitionsAnd OffFootball TeamInspirational TeamTeam Player Author:Angela Merkel
“I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.” WorldPersonsGuyWinningIndividualLeftGoalPlayerTeamFootballWorriedTitlesRememberedDecentBeing The BestAwardsRetiringGood PersonBest FootballFootball PlayerBeing A Good PersonScoring GoalsDecent Guys Author:Lionel Messi
“Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it.” KnowsKnownPlayerFootballFootball Player Author:Jeanne Moreau
“And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.” ThinkingPassionGamesPlayerFootballInstinctJournalistSupporterLove Passion Author:Jose Mourinho
“I know my football. And I adore football players. The crashing noise of a tackle, the huddle grunting, and the roar of the crowd are music to my ears.” KnowsPlayerFootballEarsCrowdsNoiseAdoreFootball Player Author:Rachel Nichols
“I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.” PainPlayerFootballBasketballFootball Player Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.” ThinkingHardAblePlayerFieldsFootballWillingHard WorkAccomplishDeterminedNflBeing The BestBest FootballFootball PlayerFootball Field Author:Jerry Rice
“Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don't seem to matter. It's constant and harsh sometimes.” PeopleInspirationalKindMadeSometimesMatterSeemsRoomsPlayerFootballConflictConstantAll KindsManagersLoadHarshDressingsDressing Rooms Author:Wayne Rooney
“I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.” StarsPlayerFootballMovie StarFootball Player Author:Manolo Blahnik
“I don't judge my success in life as a football player.” PlayerFootballJudgingSuccess In LifeFootball Player Author:Tim Tebow
“I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.” WantSelfGamesFunDealsCareersPlayerFootballJudgingSelf WorthFootball PlayerMy Self Worth Author:Tim Tebow
“If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.” IfsBelieveI BelieveCareersPlayerFootballBeing The BestQuarterbackBest FootballFootball Player Author:Tim Tebow
“I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.” HappensCertainLevelsWifePlayerFootballOne TimeFootball PlayerBonding Author:Gabrielle Union
“I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.” InspirationalDreamWantedSportsPlayerFootballBasketballNbaFootball PlayerPlaying Basketball Author:Dwyane Wade
“I believe in work, in connections between the players, I think what makes football great is that it is a team sport. You can win in different ways, by being more of a team, or by having better individual players. It is the team ethic that interests me, always.” ThinkingWayBelieveDifferentWinningIndividualI BelieveSportsInterestEffortPlayerTeamFootballEthicsConnectionsI Believe InDifferent WaysSports TeamYou Can Win Author:Arsene Wenger
“I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.” YearsMadeHardEnoughStrongPlayerFootballHeavyDamageMusclesSwimmingVery StrongStrong EnoughFootball PlayerHairstyles Author:Esther Williams
“If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.” IfsKindProblemChallengesPlayerFootballFootball PlayerGreat Football Author:Ricky Williams
“The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.” PeopleHumansHuman BeingsPlayerStreetsFootballTreatsIconsFootball Player Author:Ricky Williams
“Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.” ThinkingWellsPersonsPlayerFootballPassionateFootball Player Author:Ricky Williams
“I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.” WorldPersonsPhilosophyChancePlayerFootballTravelDifficultyEasternFootball PlayerTravel The WorldEastern Philosophy Author:Ricky Williams
“I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightPlayerFootballCollegeExpectedUncomfortableShyProfessorsStereotypeFootball PlayerOutgoingCollege ProfessorsBeing Shy Author:Ricky Williams
“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?” MenSportsPlayerTeamFieldsFootballBaseballTeamworkSmarterAmerican FootballBaseball PlayerFootball PlayerFootball TeamBaseball GamesFunny BaseballSports FootballInspirational BaseballFunny SportsLittle LeagueFunny FootballMotivational BaseballFunny American FootballFootball FieldBaseball LifeNfl FootballBaseball And LifeNfl PlayersFunny Inspirational SportsBaseball TeamBaseball LoveBaseball FansLittle League BaseballBaseball FieldTough Loss Author:Jim Bouton
“The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.” WantedPlayerFootballFootball Player Author:Tom Brady
“Before you go anywhere, Mr. Football Player,” Nita said, “I want to know exactly what your intentions are toward my Blue.” KnowsWantSaidPlayerFootballBlueIntentionFootball Player Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“As you travel around medieval England you will come across a sport described by some contemporaries as 'abominable ... more common, undignified and worthless than any other game, rarely ending but with some loss, accident or disadvantage to the players themselves'. This is football.” GamesSportsLossCommonPlayerFootballEnglandAccidentsWorthlessMedievalDisadvantages Author:Ian Mortimer
“Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything; they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing.” WayInspirationalPlayMotivationalInterestPlayerFootballSensations Author:Eric Cantona
“If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.” PeopleIfsInspirationalKindDoeStatesYoungLevelsPlayerEffectsFootballBasketballFindingsHighestProfoundRecognitionBasketball PlayerFootball PlayerPedestalAll State Author:Benjamin Carson
“It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.” PlayFunnyPlayerFootballBaseballTricksBaseball PlayerPastimeBaseball GamesFunny BaseballInspirational BaseballPlaying BaseballMotivational BaseballBaseball LifeBaseball And LifeMlbGreatest BaseballBaseball Managers Author:Yogi Berra