“Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.” ThinkingWellsPersonsPlayerFootballPassionateFootball Player Author:Ricky Williams
“I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightPlayerFootballCollegeExpectedUncomfortableShyProfessorsStereotypeFootball PlayerOutgoingCollege ProfessorsBeing Shy Author:Ricky Williams
“Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life...We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly. We're the country of thirty-minute power lunches and two-minute football drills. Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.” ThinkingTwoImportantCountryThreeShareMinutesBuildingFootballTaughtLessonsProjectsDown AndAccomplishCupsTeaThirtyLunchSlow DownDrillsCups Of TeaImportant LessonsBuilding RelationshipsThree Cups Of Tea Author:Greg Mortenson
“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
“My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. I think the Merryweather cheerleaders confuse me because I missed out on Sunday School. It has to be a miracle. There is no other explanation. How else could they sleep with the football team on Saturday night and be reincarnated as virginal goddesses on Monday?” ThinkingSchoolNightParentReligiousSleepTeamFootballWorshipMiracleRaisesExplanationSundayGoddessClosestSaturdayMondaySaturday NightTrinityFootball TeamCheerleaderVisaSunday SchoolAmerican Express Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“And I could see this boy doing his homework and thinking about my sister naked. And I could see them holding hands at football games that they do not watch. And I could see this boy throwing up in the bushes at a party house. And I could see my sister putting up with it. And I felt very bad for both of them.” ThinkingHandsGamesHouseFeltPartyBoysWatchesFootballNakedThrowingMy SisterHomeworkFootball GameHolding HandsThrowing Up Author:Stephen Chbosky
“We were defined by what we did. What we had to do. I think this is why guys like football, and why they join the army, because as long as you are playing the game or following orders you do not have to figure out who you really are.” ThinkingLongGuyOrderGamesFiguresFootballArmyFollowingDefinedJoining The ArmyFollowing Orders Author:Pete Hautman
“To think, after all this time, after all the searching and all the waiting, after all the regret and the time she'd spent away, she came back to find that happiness was right where she's left it. On a football field in Mullaby, North Carolina. Waiting for her.” ThinkingLeftWaitingFieldsFootballRegretCarolinaNorth CarolinaFootball Field Author:Sarah Addison Allen
“You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?” ThinkingRealDifferencesGroupsTeamFootballCharlieFootball Team Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition
“You know I'll never say no, and Nate's so dedicated, I think he loves our alpha more than me." "I resent that," Nate grumbled. "I might love football more than you, but definitely not Lucas's ugly mug.” ThinkingKnowsMightFootballUglyDedicatedResentAlphasMug Book:Slave to Sensation Source: Slave to Sensation
“Women: I liked the colors of their clothing; the way they walked; the cruelty in some faces; now and then the almost pure beauty in another face, totally and enchantingly female. They had it over us: they planned much better and were better organized. While men were watching professional football or drinking beer or bowling, they, the women, were thinking about us, concentrating, studying, deciding - whether to accept us, discard us, exchange us, kill us or whether simply to leave us. In the end it hardly mattered; no matter what they did, we ended up lonely and insane.” ThinkingMenWayEndsMatterFacesAcceptingStudyFootballColorPureFemaleLonelyNo Matter WhatDrinkingCrueltyInsaneBeerOrganizedClothingsNow And ThenConcentratingBowlingDrinking Beer Author:Charles Bukowski
“I'll explain it to you. To me it's more than a game." She touches her chest and says, "When you love something as much as I love football, you just feel it inside. Did you ever love doing something so bad that it consumed you?" "A long time ago." "That's what football is to me. It's my passion, my life… my escape. When I play, I forget everything that sucks in my life. And when we win…" She looks down like she's embarrassed to admit what she's about to reveal. "I know this is going to sound stupid, but when we win I think miracles can happen.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLooksLongPlayHappensPassionGamesWinningSoundForgetStupidFootballLong TimeMiracleChestsEmbarrassedConsumedMy PassionLong Time AgoForget EverythingI Love FootballMiracles Can Happen Author:Simone Elkeles