“When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.” ThinkingChildrenDreamWould BeRememberGoalAchieveFootballProudOne DayUnbelievableStadiumsFootballerMilan Author:Andriy Shevchenko
“I get asked about the best games I've called, and as far as college football goes, the Florida-LSU environment was as good as I've ever been around. I had always heard about night games at Tiger Stadium and had never gotten the chance to call one. It was really special to be a part of that and then the game, my gosh, how can anybody ever forget that. The fourth quarter and LSU's final drive, that's something I'll always remember.” RememberNightGamesChanceForgetEnvironmentHeardSpecialFootballCollegeFinalsQuartersFourthFloridaTigersStadiumsCollege FootballLsuFourth QuarterTiger Stadium Author:Verne Lundquist
“College football is LSU's Tiger Stadium at night.” NightFootballCollegeTigersStadiumsCollege FootballLsuTiger Stadium Author:Rick Reilly
“Football today is far too much a sport for the few who can play it well; the rest of us, and too many of our children, get out exercise from climbing up the seats in stadiums, or from walking across the room to turn on our television sets.” WellsChildrenPlayTodayTurnsSportsRoomsToo MuchTelevisionFootballWalkingExerciseOur ChildrenSeatsClimbingTurn-onStadiumsClimbing Up Author:John F. Kennedy
“I don't like comparisons with football. Baseball is an entirely different game. You can watch a tight, well-played football game,but it isn't exciting if half the stadium is empty. The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.” PeopleIfsWellsDifferentFoundGamesSportsEnjoyHalfWatchesViolenceTeamFieldsFootballThousandQuietIntellectualEmptyBaseballBallsExcitingAppealsParksComparisonAfternoonAestheticStadiumsBounceTuesdayFootball GameSports TeamOne Sided Author:Bowie Kuhn
“Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.” YearsHas BeensMadeBookHelpingCareTogetherCultureWinningCommunityVisionSupportFourProgressBuildingFootballPrideMembersSeasonsResponsibleClubsHelping OthersLeagueSeatsBritainWorking TogetherMassiveFour YearsChampionshipWho CaresStadiumsCelticShared Vision Author:Fergus McCann
“Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.” IfsHomeSportsWatchesFootballEntertainmentCoachesTitlesStadiumsFootball CoachMourinho Author:Johan Cruijff
“The only place where we're not segregated in mass is in sports. You go to a football stadium or a basketball arena, and all of America is there: the wealthy, the poor, the black, white, Latino, conservative, liberal, and we all talk about sports.” AmericaSportsBlackWhitePoorFootballBasketballMassConservativeWealthyArenaLatinoStadiumsBlack White Author:Jason Whitlock
“Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is.” FootballEnglandMovedStadiumsMoved OnMaineGreat Football Author:Kevin Keegan
“I've always had an irrational fear - it's really not an irrational fear, I think - whenever I've been standing at a urinal at a bar, or Giants Stadium or Yankee Stadium. You've got a bunch of drunks behind you, often in a hostile, adrenalized environment like a football game. What's to prevent the guy behind me from slamming my head into the porcelain wall in front of me?” ThinkingGuyGamesBehindsEnvironmentFrontsFootballWallStandingBarsBunchGiantsIrrationalHostileYankeesBehind YouStadiumsFootball GamePorcelainYankee StadiumIrrational Fear Author:Steve Rushin
“I was so mad I wasn't sitting at the stadium watching it [Prince' 2007 Super Bowl performance] in person. So when Prince came back to the box where I would have been after he performed, he said to my makeup artist, "Where's Stevie?" She said, "She's sick, and she was told by our manager that she would have to walk across the football field when the game was over in the mud and try to find a limo, so she made the decision that she couldn't do that." He was not happy that I wasn't there, and now today I'm not happy about it because I should have gone and I should have walked in that mud for him.” ShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensMadeSaidTodayArtistGamesDecisionWalksGoneFieldsFootballSittingShould HaveSickMadBoxesManagersMakeupMudStadiumsNot HappyFootball FieldMakeup ArtistLimos Author:Stevie Nicks
“Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.” PeopleNightGamesFootballTvsTheaterSaturdayStadiumsSaturday NightFootball GameMovie LoveMovie TheaterAttendance Author:George Lucas
“You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.” PeopleCoursesPoorFootballGolfHomelessPoor PeopleHousingStadiumsGolf CourseHomeless People Author:Jello Biafra
“I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.” KindPlayFootballStadiums Author:James Taylor
“That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.” ThinkingSchoolNightPracticeCuttingFootballHigh SchoolSmellSmokeGrassFridayAugustStadiumsCigarPopcornFriday NightHappy Friday Author:Garth Brooks
“We heard the army before we saw it. The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.” SawsHeardFansFootballArmyEnglandCrowdsNoisePatriotStadiumsNew EnglandCannonsChargingBazookas Author:Rick Riordan