“When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.” ThinkingChildrenDreamWould BeRememberGoalAchieveFootballProudOne DayUnbelievableStadiumsFootballerMilan Author:Andriy Shevchenko
“There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For me, there would be trouble in stopping learning.” WayWould BeLeftGrowsBehindsWiseTroubleFootballFasterStoppingLeft Behind Author:Wayne Rooney
“I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.” Would BeGamesEasyFootballMath Author:Gary Lineker
“I had all these desperate feelings. I kept thinking, How will I ever play football again if I can't even get out of this bed? I was an invalid. Football had given me everything: identity, money, confidence, friendships. I wondered what kind of man I would be without it.” IfsThinkingMenKindI CanPlayFeelingsWould BeGivenIdentityFootballBedDesperateAmerican Football Author:Keith Millard
“College football is a game which would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the trustees played. There would be a great increase in broken arms, legs, and necks, and simultaneously an appreciable diminution in the loss to humanity.” IfsWould BeHumanityGamesLossInterestingStudentsFootballCollegeBrokenArmsHumorousIncreaseLegsNecksFacultyCollege FootballTrustees Author:H. L. Mencken
“First of all, I wish everyone who loved football could stand in the quarterback's shoes just for a play, because I think it would be tremendously humbling to anyone who loved the game to say, "I didn't -- I had no idea." You can think about what it would be like, and the cameras are getting better at giving that perspective, that one that the skycam comes down and you get a sense of it, but you just -- you don't know.” ThinkingKnowsGivingFirstsIdeasPlayWould BeGamesWishFootballPerspectiveDown AndCamerasShoesNo IdeaGet BetterQuarterbackHumbling Author:Steve Young
“Professionally, it would be a logical choice, but my personal view is that he is the most insincere man I know in football” KnowsMenWould BeChoicesViewsFootballSoccerAnalysisLogicalInsincerePersonal Views Author:Tony Cascarino
“There has been lots of things said about me over the years. I am happy to comment on people's opinion in football I respect, but Tony Cascarino is a man I certainly do not respect, for a lot of reasons, and if I told you, you would be shocked. So the day I worry about Tony Cascarino will be a very sad day of my life.” PeopleIfsMenYearsHas BeensSaidReasonWould BeOpinionWorryFootballManagersSoccerCommentShockedChairmanVery SadSad Day Author:Roy Keane
“many of the guests will eventually leave the table to watch football on television, which would be a rudeness at any other occasion but is a relief at Thanksgiving and probably the only way to get those people to budge.” PeopleWayWould BeWatchesTelevisionFootballTablesOccasionsReliefGuestsThanksgivingRudeness Author:Judith Martin
“On weekends when everybody would go to the football games, I would be getting on a plane or driving my car across the state or across the country to go do a show somewhere and yeah so, I never thought of doing anything else.” CountryStatesShowsWould BeGamesCarFootballYeahDrivingPlanesWeekendFootball Game Author:Jeff Dunham
“Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.” ArtWould BeSportsFootballNflMartial ArtsWarfareFencingNfl Football Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I think some people just don't know that much about comedy. It would be like a person who didn't know anything about football thinking all offensive linemen are the same.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsWould BeComedyFootballOffensiveLinemanLinemenOffensive Lineman Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“First of all, it would be great for world football to have a competitive Chinese team as China traditionally has deep relation to sports in general.” WorldFirstsWould BeSportsTeamFootballRelationChinaChineseSports In General Author:Berti Vogts
“So it would be a good thing for Chinese parents to instill enthusiasm among their kids for football. It's a great game, not only regarding the emotions behind it, but it's also a game for young people to gain experience of working in a bigger group and work to achieve goals.” PeopleWould BeKidsYoungGamesParentGoalEmotionBehindsGroupsAchieveFootballGainsBiggerGood ThingsEnthusiasmChineseInstillAchieving Goals Author:Berti Vogts
“I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play lots of sports. I was a sprinter and I did basketball and swimming and Gaelic football and things like that. So I always thought, I guess, that it would be fun to incorporate that much physical activity and work into a dramatic piece.” PersonsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunSportsPiecesFootballActivityBasketballActivePrimariesDramaticSwimmingPhysical ActivityPrimary SchoolGaelicSprinters Author:Saoirse Ronan
“I always say artists must broaden their research. I go to casinos, fly fishing, to show apartments in new residential buildings, watch fairs, the football, ikebana courses, survival expeditions, Dungeons & Dragons nights, and it doesn't matter which of these I personally want to do — that is my job. That’s true research; otherwise, it would be a bit like masturbating.” WantMatterShowsWould BeJobsArtistNightCoursesBitsWatchesBuildingFootballSurvivalResearchFairsFishingDragonsApartmentFly FishingCasinosDungeonsExpeditions Author:Ryan Gander
“When I played football, I liked being a goalkeeper or a midfielder. I was probably better at cricket. I would be a very good cricketer if I was a professional now. I think I would probably have been the best, in fact.” IfsThinkingHas BeensFactsWould BeFootballVery GoodCricketCricketersGoalkeepersMidfielders Author:Usain Bolt
“It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.” PlayWould BeFunFootballDependsOvercomingAdversityHaving FunInjury Author:Donovan McNabb
“My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or an actor. As an actor, I hoped I would be able to bond the two.” TwoBigsWould BeAbleActorsFootballCollegeDadMy DadAthleteCoachesAthleticCollege FootballFootball Coach Author:Matt Barr
“Funnily enough we have never had one enquiry for Paul Scholes. You know why? Because they all know he will never leave. in my time he would be in the top six or seven (best United players ever) without a doubt. His contribution and quality have been great, even without the fantastic goals he has scored. [ . . . ] He has that wonderful velvet touch on the ball. When he gets it, it goes stone dead. It is wonderful to see that amidst all the mayhem that can happen in a football match.” KnowsHas BeensEnoughHappensWould BeGoalUnitedQualityDoubtPlayerWonderfulFootballSixStonesBallsSevenFantasticMy TimeContributionVelvetMayhemScholesEnquiryPaul ScholesFootball Match Author:Alex Ferguson
“If I ever get the chance to do a football movie, that would be a dream come true.” IfsDreamWould BeChanceFootballDreams Come True Author:Manny Montana
“I have the best of both worlds. I can talk about Taylor Swift during the day, and at night I can sit in front of the TV and watch Thursday night football. At some point, if the two converge and it becomes one job where I can still talk about both, that would be amazing.” IfsWorldStillsI CanTwoWould BeJobsNightWatchesFrontsFootballTvsThursdayBest Of Both WorldsThursday Night Author:Charissa Thompson
“Kenny wasn't the quickest of movers but he was 20 yards quicker than anybody else with his football brain and he would be in position before any defender knew what was happening. I've always said the best signing that Liverpool ever made was Kenny Dalglish.” MadeSaidWould BeBrainPositionFootballHappeningsYardsDefendersSigningLiverpoolKenny Author:Ronnie Moran
“I don't play anymore because I can't play anymore and I retired when I was playing for Chelsea because the doctor had to cut my leg in two parts so this is why I retired. I started going to the gym recently and my knee started to hurt again, so you can imagine what it would be like if I tried to play! I play football on the beach with my daughters and my friends but that's it.” IfsI CanTwoPlayWould BeHurtCuttingImagineFootballDaughterMy FriendsDoctorsLegsBeachKneesMy DaughterGymRetiredBecause I CanChelsea Author:Emmanuel Petit
“Just imagine what would happen if Obama grew a pair and in his last year in office just said, "Forget it. Football is just too violent and too damaging to the economically vulnerable communities in this country. And it normalizes violence and fosters intolerance, etc." I mean: that would be awesome.” IfsYearsMeanSaidCountryHappensWould BeLastsCommunityForgetImagineViolenceFootballGrewOfficeViolentVulnerableEtcPairsIntoleranceLast YearForget It Author:Steve Almond
“I think it would be great for football in Britain if Pep Guardiola wins leagues and dominates for a while with the way he likes to play and the players he'll bring in.” IfsThinkingWayPlayWould BeWinningPlayerFootballLikesLeagueBritainPep Author:Jamie Carragher
“This is a year and a few months after the transplant. Before I had it my doctors told me that it would be the biggest thing that I ever had to face and believe me, when they take your liver out of ya and put another one in it's like replacing a football in your stomach.” YearsBelieveWould BeFacesFootballMonthsDoctorsStomachBelieve In MeLiverTransplants Author:Evel Knievel
“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
“Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as she contemplated how deliciously self-destructive it would be, almost erotic, to be married to a man so nearly handsome, so hugely rich, so unfathomably stupid. He would fill her with his big-faced children, all of them loud, boneheaded boys with a passion for guns and football and aeroplanes.” MenFirstsChildrenSelfBigsWould BePassionFeltBoysRichMinutesStupidFootballMarriedGunLoudPleasantDestructiveSensationsStomachHandsomeEroticBeing MarriedDeliverySinkingAeroplanesSelf Destructive Author:Ian Mcewan
“Bruno opened his eyes in wonder at the things he saw. In his imagination he had tough that all the huts were full of happy families, some of whom sat outside on rocking chairs in the evening and told stories about how things were so much better when they were children and they'd had nowadays. He thought that all the boys and girls who lived there would be in different groups, playing tennis or football, skipping and drawing out squares for hopscotch on the ground. As it turned out, all the things he thought might be there-wern't.'' -The boy in the striped Pajamas” ChildrenDifferentStoriesMightWould BeEyeGirlImaginationWonderBoysSawsGroupsFootballToughDrawingEveningSatHis EyesTennisChairsSquaresBoy And GirlPajamasHutsHappy FamilyRocking ChairsHopscotch Author:John Boyne
“[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is northern Northern California after all - the final frontier of freakerdom. Just in the eleventh grade we have a girl named Electricity, a guy named Magic Bus, and countless flowers: Tulip, Begonia, and Poppy - all parent-given-on-the-birth-certificate names. Tulip is a two-ton bruiser of a guy who would be the star of out football team if we were the kind of school that has optional morning meditation in the gym” IfsKindTwoWould BeSchoolGuyGirlNamesGivenStarsParentMorningMeditationMagicTeamFootballFlowerMomBirthFinalsWork OutCaliforniaGradesGymBusElectricityFrontiersHippieFootball TeamCertificatesLennonOptionalPoppiesBirth CertificateNorthern CaliforniaLennie Author:Jandy Nelson
“Do you play football?' Brandon asks. 'No.' 'Baseball?' 'Nope.' Brandon is on a roll and won't stop until he's found the answer he's looking for. 'Tennis?' 'That would be a nada' 'Then what sport do you play?' Carlos puts down his food. Oh, no. He's got a rebellious gleam in his eye as he says, 'The horizontal tango.' ...Alex stands and says through chlenched teeth, 'Carlos let's talk. In private. Ahora.' ....Brandon turns to my dad with big, innocent eyes. 'Daddy, do you know how to do the horizontal tango?” KnowsPlayBigsWould BeEyeTurnsAsksFoundSportsAnswersKnow HowFootballDadBaseballMy DadTeethInnocentHis EyesTennisDo You KnowDaddyRebelliousAlexGleamTangoHorizontalInnocent Eyes Author:Simone Elkeles