“In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.” KnowsTwoGamesPlayerWeekFootballDisciplineClubsStaffPreparing Author:Graham Taylor
“I'm comfortable with that [a week's practice]. I've had numerous weeks of working on it, and a lot of it has been football specific. One week of practice actually, one week of official practice and I'll be more than comfortable.” Has BeensPracticeWeekFootballComfortComfortableOfficials Author:Anquan Boldin
“He lived in a fantasy world. There was not a day when he didn't add some Mickey Mouse story about a club that wanted him. First of all, he came in and told me that Arsenal wanted to buy him, then the next week it was Manchester Utd, then the next week it was Real Madrid. He made it clear that he did not want to be at the club so, in the end, there was only one thing I could do - send him to Wigan.” WorldWantFirstsMadeRealEndsStoriesWantedNextFantasyClearOne ThingWeekFootballAddClubsMade ItManagersSoccerMiceChairmanManchesterArsenalNext WeekMickeyMadridFantasy WorldsReal MadridWigan Author:Joe Kinnear
“We had probably our best ever Player of the Year Dance last week. You elected Dennis Wise as Player of the Year. Dennis accepted his award mimicking Vialli, whereupon Zola shouted 'Speak English', Dennis switched to his normal Cockney voice only for Zola to shout 'You're still not speaking English'.” YearsStillsLastsSpeakVoiceWisePlayerWeekFootballNormalAcceptedManagersSoccerAwardsChairmanSpeak EnglishMimickingBest EverZolaCockneys Author:Ken Bates
“I said to them last week that I'd like them to win ugly and they certainly won ugly today. That was the ugliest thing I've seen since the ugly sisters fell out of the ugly tree.” SaidTodayLastsWinningTreeWeekFootballUglyManagersSoccerChairman Author:Terry Butcher
“We played a whole season unbeaten but you did not see me every week jumping on the tables. Once it's over it's over and you do in the next one as well as you can. Plenty of managers who have won the Champions League will not be considered great managers.” WellsWholeNextWeekFootballSeasonsTablesPlentyManagersSoccerLeagueChampionGreat MenOver ItJumpingChairmanThe Next OneChampions LeagueGreat ManagersUnbeaten Author:Arsene Wenger
“Faria Alam whined about the invasion of her privacy in yet another lucrative interview earlier this week. There is very good money to be made out of whining about the invasion of your privacy.” MadeWeekFootballVery GoodManagersSoccerInterviewsPrivacyInvasionChairmanWhiningGood Money Author:Rod Liddle
“Quite literally, you would not have put your shirt on him two weeks ago.” TwoWeekFootballShirtsTwo WeeksCommentators Author:Clive Tyldesley
“You don't realize how long that NFL season is. It's a long season, especially in your first year. Not only do you spend a lot of time preparing for the draft and working out, but they you have OTAs, minicamps, training camp, preseason games. By the time you get to week six you've already had one of the longest years of your football life and you still have 11 weeks to go, plus the playoffs.” YearsFirstsLongStillsGamesRealizingWeekFootballSixTrainingSeasonsWork OutNflPlusCampsPreparingPlayoffsHey YouTraining Camp Author:Giovani Bernard
“If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.” IfsLastsWeekFootballSixOfficialsSlow MotionReplayDrogba Author:Jeremy Clarkson
“In football two days is a long time and a week is a very long time.” LongTwoWeekFootballLong TimeEnglandTwo Days Author:Steve McClaren
“A football team is really a big family. There's a give and take... but a few are working for their name only. They go the whole week trying to figure out who said something, what they said and where it happened instead of showing that they're big men.” MenGivingTryingSaidWholeBigsNamesHappenedWeekTeamFiguresFootballGermanyThey SaidFootball TeamGive And TakeBig Families Author:Otto Rehhagel
“I love playing football. I started playing for a school team, which is fun, and I play a lot of five a side. I nowhere near good enough to go professional but it's definitely one of my main hobbies. I play three times a week.” EnoughPlaySchoolThreeFunSidesFiveWeekTeamFootballGood EnoughHobbiesThree TimesPlaying Football Author:Matthew Lewis
“Football - it's not fun when you lose. That's a heartbreaking thing. But then there's a new week, and a new opportunity and I definitely get happier and happier as that new opportunity approaches. So 'win the next game,' that's my mindset.” NextOpportunityGamesWinningFunLosesWeekFootballApproachMindsetHeartbreakingNew Opportunity Author:Jim Harbaugh
“I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time.” PlayWeekFootballHealthyShapes Author:James McAvoy
“So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks.” IfsMindEnoughLastsGoalResultsWeekHavensFootballOne DayNormalSetting GoalsGood Football Author:Jose Mourinho
“Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.” YearsMotivationalHoursResultsWeekFootballConfidenceCommitmentConstantSelf ConfidencePreparationSoccerDedicationAmerican FootballBest FootballSports Psychology Author:Roger Staubach