“Everybody thinks that you go to Africa and you build a school, or you teach English, or you build a hospital. But actually all you need to do is play football with kids for six months and then after they've trusted you, you tell them about the truth of Aids, and that their grandmother didn't die from witchcraft, she died from Aids. And that's the biggest difference you can make.” ThinkingNeedsPlayKidsSchoolDiesDifferencesTeachFootballMonthsSixDiedAidsGrandmotherHospitalsTrustedSix MonthsWitchcraft Author:Tom Hiddleston
“It's all about the climate. I had a long discussion about it when I went to Scotland to see Andy Roxburgh. I worked with a Scottish youth side and had them do the same drills I would do in Italy. I realised that, between the wind, the rain and the cold, there was no way they could do it. How can you possibly teach anybody anything in those conditions? To me, it's pretty obvious and it explains why Brazilians are more technical than Europeans and, in Italy, the further south you go the more technical they are.” WayLongSidesTeachConditionsYouthFootballWindColdRainSouthClimateObviousManagersSoccerDiscussionScotlandRealisedChairmanScottishDrills Author:Fabio Capello
“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
“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
“Too often girls accept that of course the boys will get better lighting and seating at their sports events, of course the football team will get more attention, privileges, and space in the yearbook. We need to teach girls to look around and notice when they're being treated like second-class citizens, and then to insist on equal treatment.” NeedsLooksGirlCoursesSportsSpaceAttentionAcceptingClassBoysTeachTeamEventsFootballCitizensEqualPrivilegeEqualityTreatedGet BetterTreatmentWomens RightsLightingFootball TeamSecond Class CitizensYearbookEqual Treatment Author:Mariah Nelson
“They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing.” TeachFootballLosingBrutal Author:Bear Bryant
“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 lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.” PeopleLifeDifferentKidsDifficultPoorRaceTeachStruggleFootballLuckyAreasSoccerDifferent RacesPoor Family Author:Zinedine Zidane