“To me, football is very personal. Even as a kid, I looked at football in dramaturgical terms. It wasn't the score that interested me, it was the struggle.” KidsTermStruggleFootballScore Author:Steve Sabol
“There are lots of positives to come out of playing all sports, not just football. Team games can offer you different life skills than an individual sport can. Football improves your time management - you have to be places on time and disciplined in terms of training.” DifferentGamesIndividualSportsTermTeamFootballOffersSkillsTrainingManagementTime ManagementFootball TeamDifferent LifeLife Skills Author:Hope Powell
“He is inexperienced, but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through.” TermFootballManagersSoccerChairman Author:Steve McClaren
“Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.” ThinkingHardPlayTermPlayerFootballNflThink Of YouFootball Player Author:Pete Carroll
“I really gave up being passionate about politics 10, 15, 20 years ago, because I think finally that there were forces in the country that are larger than politics itself. And so I find it a fascinating game, this wonderful stuff goes on in terms of watching the game. But If you get to down it, look, I`m going to root for someone, I`ll root at a football game, not for politicians.” IfsThinkingYearsLooksCountryGamesForceStuffTermWonderfulFootballGoes OnPoliticianYears AgoRootsPassionateFascinatingGave UpFootball Game Author:Norman Mailer
“I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?'” BelieveLooksLittlesPlayGuyTermClassTeamFootballAmountBasketballFairsSeasonsTheaterVersionsBelieve In MeEnglish Class Author:Dennis Haysbert
“I think football management has obviously changed and evolved in terms of practices and methods, but I would say the values we strive to hold are the same as great men like Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.” ThinkingMenValuesTermPracticeChangedFootballManagementMethodBillsStriveGreat MenBobPaisley Author:Brendan Rodgers
“Only in football is long-term injury the result not of accidents but of the game played properly.” LongGamesTermResultsFootballAccidentsLong TermInjury Author:George Will
“I spent 15 years in I-AA football, which is awesome, because you wear every hat in the building at one time. I was everything from a PA announcer to a popcorn salesman to a teacher at a university, as part of the PE department. When you don't have resources, what you do is study as much as you can and try to put it in your own terms. There's no one thing I've invented.” TryingYearsTermStudyTeacherOne ThingBuildingFootballResourcesUniversityDepartmentHatsOne TimeSalesmanPopcornAnnouncers Author:Jim McElwain
“I think (fantasy football) has become something that needs to be looked at in terms of regulation. Effectively, it's day trading without any regulation at all. When you have insider information, which has apparently been the case, when you have people who use that information, use big data to try and take advantage of it, there has to be some regulation. If they can't regulate themselves, then the NFL needs to look at moving away from them a little bit, and there should be some regulation.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsShouldTryingLooksLittlesUseBigsMovingBitsTermCasesFantasyInformationFootballLittle BitAdvantageDataNflRegulationTradingInsidersMoving AwayFantasy Football Author:Jeb Bush
“It's sometimes difficult living in France. People are more open minded in England, and of course I'm missing England in terms of football and the passion that the fans show, they're really passionate.” PeopleSometimesShowsPassionCoursesDifficultTermFansMissingFootballEnglandPassionateFranceOpen MindOpen Minded Author:Emmanuel Petit
“An important mentor for me, in terms of teaching me that there's a right way and a wrong way to do things, was probably my football coach. And playing football was one of the first times in my life that I realized nothing is given to you. You have to work really hard.” WayFirstsImportantHardGivenTermTeachingFootballFirst TimeCoachesI RealizedMentorRight WayWrong WayPlaying FootballFootball Coach Author:Kenny Chesney
“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
“If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating is something that you can do that gets that athletic urge satisfied, but you get to do it on your own terms. You can be as ballsy as you want to be. It was perfect for me.” IfsWantTermCan DoPerfectTeamFootballSatisfiedUrgesAthleticSkinnySkatingFootball TeamPerfect For Me Author:James Mercer
“The Premier League is the No1 league in the world in many areas. The events, the shocks, the production, the viewing figures, the worldwide audience are by far the best. Do I think at this moment in time it's got the highest quality levels in Europe in terms of Champions League football and domination of that area? In quality terms it needs to rise again to get to that point where it's by far the best in all areas.” ThinkingWorldNeedsMomentsTermLevelsQualityAudienceEventsFiguresFootballHighestEuropeAreasProductionsLeagueChampionShockDominationMoments In TimePremier LeagueChampions League Author:Gary Neville
“I knew very little about Rugby. But, I think it helps in terms of an American audience the game is enough like football in that it's a battle for field position and you score by running into what looks a lot like an end zone. I think in terms the nuance of the game, Americans won't get that stuff. I think in terms of the peanut butter and jelly version of what you need to know, I think it's pretty clear.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsLooksLittlesEndsEnoughHelpingRunningGamesStuffTermAudienceClearFieldsPositionFootballBattleVersionsScoreZoneRugbyPeanutsNuanceJellyPeanut ButterPeanut Butter And Jelly Author:Matt Damon
“A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw the X's and O's: Every play that is chalked on that board goes for a touchdown. Well, there are a lot of yards to be made between the line of scrimmage and the touchdown.” NeedsWellsLooksMadePlayActionTermLinesTakenFootballDrawsCoachesBoardsAcademicYardsFootball CoachBetween The LinesTouchdownsBlackboard Author:John O. Brennan
“Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated.” YearsWinningTermTeamHavensFootballBasketballBaseballSeasonsTablesEdgesTennisRestraintAthleticFootball TeamIndomitableUndefeatedTennis TeamTable Tennis Author:Megan McCafferty