“Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.” SportsSuccessfulRecordsFootballFlowTrackCreditChiefsExecutivesOfficersTrack RecordPro FootballCommissionersChief Executives Author:Pete Rozelle
“We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.” WorldSuccessfulCrazyFootballSouthCupsSouth AfricaWorld Cup Author:Jacob Zuma
“Seldom do we experience the charisma and character of a dynamic personality such as Lou Holtz, the very successful former football coach of Notre Dame. Lou has left his distinctive mark of success everywhere he has coached. Winning Every Day is not just a catchy phrase, but with Coach Holtz, a way of life.” WayCharacterWinningLeftSuccessfulFootballPersonalityMarkCoachesFormerPhrasesCharismaDistinctiveCatchyDamesFootball CoachNotre DameDynamic Personality Author:Carl Pohlad
“Football used to be my god but no longer is. I still love it, I'm still aggressive, I still want to be very successful at it, I want to win a lot of football games. And my job is to be the best football player in the world, because it affords me a life; it pays, it's my job, and so it hasn't dulled my senses for the game or the love or the great excitement I get from the game. It's just that I'm very much at peace with myself because of my faith.” WorldWantStillsJobsUsedGamesWinningPaySuccessfulPlayerFootballSensesUsed To BeExcitementBeing The BestAggressiveBest FootballFootball PlayerFootball Game Author:Terry Bradshaw
“I do like to try and see myself in football players. Everybody is different and express themselves in different ways. There are different kinds of talents of course and there are many who I would never have had the talent that they have when I was a player. But I still had that determination to be successful and try my best.” WayTryingKindStillsDifferentCoursesSuccessfulPlayerTalentFootballDeterminationDifferent WaysBeing SuccessfulDifferent KindsFootball Player Author:Alex Ferguson
“I've seen him be successful throwing the football his sophomore year, I've seen that. I've seen him react through adversity, I have seen that. I'd never seen him react to a new system because we didn't have one. I'd say that'd be the most impressive thing.” YearsSuccessfulFootballAdversityBeing SuccessfulThrowingImpressiveSophomoreSophomore Year Author:Tommy Bowden
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” PersonsPlayUsedGamesSportsLevelsSuccessfulTeamFootballDadMy DadArguingBeing SuccessfulUnclesRugbySports TeamGreat Team Author:Clint Eastwood
“I just want to be as successful as I can in football.” WantI CanSuccessfulFootball Author:Ryan Giggs
“It's certainly a loss for us here at the University of Washington, because Jeff Compher has been a wonderful friend and administrator. Jeff is a football man first, but he has the compassion and desire to make all of Northern Illinois' programs successful. He's one heck of a guy.” MenFirstsHas BeensDesireGuyLossCompassionSuccessfulWonderfulFootballProgramUniversityAdministratorsIllinoisWonderful Friends Author:Tyrone Willingham
“After I got disciplined I got introduced to football and then after that everything just took off for me. I had a lot of role models: the teachers, the coaches. Watching them give so much to so many students so they can be successful in life basically just ingrained in me that I think it's more gratifying for me to give back and than just to receive.” ThinkingGivingRolesSuccessfulTeacherStudentsFootballModelsCoachesBeing SuccessfulRole ModelsGiving Back Author:Jerry Rice
“It is not coincidence that at Barcelona we have low-key lifestyles and we have been successful. We know we are football players and not movie stars.” KnowsHas BeensStarsSuccessfulPlayerFootballKeysLowsLifestyleCoincidenceMovie StarFootball PlayerBarcelonaLow Key Author:Lionel Messi
“Morale - the will to win, the fighting heart - are the honored hallmarks of the football coach and player. Likewise, they are characteristic of the enterprising executive, the successful troop leader, the established artist and the dedicated teacher and scientist.” HeartArtistFightingWinningSportsLeaderSuccessfulTeacherPlayerFootballScientistCoachesCharacteristicsExecutivesDedicatedHonoredHallmarkMoraleWill To WinFootball CoachCoaches And PlayersEnterprising Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Football can teach us that although a team's individual players may be weak, it can still be successful if it uses common sense. Or that we should not attack anyone physically when we suffer a depressing defeat.” IfsShouldMayStillsUseSufferingIndividualCommonTeachSuccessfulPlayerTeamFootballWeakDefeatCommon SenseBeing SuccessfulDepressing Author:Orhan Pamuk
“The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.” WayHappensSuccessfulPlayerFootballOne DayWake UpLawyerPreparationBeing SuccessfulOver YouTake TimeFootball PlayerIt Takes TimePro Football Author:Alan Page
“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
“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
“Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.” PeopleRunningYoungFoundWinningCareersCasesSuccessfulPlayerFansCenturyMediaFootballInternetErrorsClubsListsMagazinesSoccerLeagueCurseMeaningless20th CenturyPollsFootballerDallasPro FootballPollingSuccessful CareerTime MagazineJuventus Author:Ian O'Doherty
“I think my time at West Brom was successful, that's my take on it. I look back on the work I did there with a lot of pride, I enjoyed my time. Unfortunately it ended a bit prematurely but that's what happens, that's the nature of modern day football.” ThinkingLooksHappensBitsSuccessfulModernFootballPrideWestEnjoyedMy TimeModern Day Author:Steve Clarke
“Football is the most successful cult, in terms of members and profits, in human history. Oh wait, there's also religion.” HumansWaitingTermSuccessfulFootballMembersProfitCultHuman History Author:Steve Almond
“I am very athletic, actually, and I'm good at most sports. But I was never a successful athlete, because I have a lot of trouble with authority. To be a good athlete, you have to have sort of a military attitude. You have to enjoy being coached, and that was not something I ever liked. But more than that, I don't like practice, and coaches hate anybody that doesn't like practice. If you saw me throwing a football, you'd say, "Wow, he knows how to throw a football." But put me on a field, I'm not gonna stand out.” HateSportsEnjoyAttitudeSuccessfulTroubleMilitaryFootballAuthorityAthleteCoachesStanding OutAthletic Author:Michael Showalter
“My parents preached so much about Christianity and my mother thinks Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to the world - which he is - and God found a way of making examples for me. Like, just growing up, bullets would hit my partner but not me and I'd be right there. Or my Dad had a thing where he would make me play for the sorry team during football and make me go up against all my friends. It built a certain kind of character and a humble factor into me because I knew I had to work for it. And then to be able to beat them or be just as successful at so many things.” ThinkingWorldKindCharacterMotherJesusParentChristianityGrowing UpSuccessfulTeamFootballDadSorryMy DadHumble Author:Cyhi the Prynce
“I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.” IfsKnowsPlayWould BeWantedSchoolAsksParentChurchPartySuccessfulFootballMy FriendsAsk MeBeing SuccessfulGuestsVery HappyPlaying Football Author:Andrea Bocelli