“We had probably our best ever Player of the Year Dance last week. You elected Dennis Wise as Player of the Year. Dennis accepted his award mimicking Vialli, whereupon Zola shouted 'Speak English', Dennis switched to his normal Cockney voice only for Zola to shout 'You're still not speaking English'.” YearsStillsLastsSpeakVoiceWisePlayerWeekFootballNormalAcceptedManagersSoccerAwardsChairmanSpeak EnglishMimickingBest EverZolaCockneys Author:Ken Bates
“I could barely speak after I was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. I was going to play for the defending Super Bowl champions.... I immediately thought of all the great players on the team. I was in awe, as I had watched these soon-to-be legends play on television. They epitomized for me what football was all about: the love of the game, the professional approach, and the desire to win.” PlayDesireGamesWinningSpeakPlayerTeamTelevisionFootballApproachChampionNflAweLegendsBowlsSan FranciscoSuper BowlDesire To WinThe Love Of The Game Author:Jerry Rice
“I am gagged and imprisoned. I can't even speak. I want to kick a football in a park with my son. Ordinary, banal life: my impossible dream.” WantI CanDreamSpeakImpossibleFootballSonOrdinaryKicksParksMy SonImpossible Dream Book:Joseph Anton Source: Joseph Anton
“There's an invisible army of woman and men who really don't get why we give so much of ourselves to football. And they need to SPEAK UP.” MenNeedsGivingSpeakFootballMen And WomenArmyInvisible Author:Steve Almond
“Football leads to a crime rate among people that play in the NFL that is less than the gen pop, the general population. The numbers have been run. It's just that people who play football are stars and, as such, what they do occurs with greater media scrutiny. So when one of them happens to engage in some sort of questionable behavior, it happens to (in a lot of it people's minds) speak for the whole sport and everybody that plays it.” PeopleMindHas BeensPlayWholeHappensRunningSpeakStarsSportsNumbersGreaterMediaCrimeFootballBehaviorRatePopulationPopsNflScrutinyQuestionableCrime Rates Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If I may make a football analogy, we're a team whether we're a football team or community or the United States of America. We are part of a team and I believe the people on that team have a right, but they also have the obligation if there is something that is not good or we don't agree on, to speak about it.” PeopleIfsBelieveMayStatesAmericaSpeakI BelieveCommunityUnitedUnited StatesTeamFootballAgreeObligationUnited States Of AmericaAnalogiesFootball Team Author:Jim Harbaugh