“Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.” YoungFootballCollegeMajorsKneesInjuredCollege Football Author:Lee Majors
“I ran track in high school. I was a fragile young man, personally and physically. I tried football. That didn't work out; I broke my collarbone. But I always loved running.” MenRunningSchoolYoungFootballHigh SchoolTrackWork OutBrokeRanYoung ManFragile Author:Danny Pudi
“As a young man God blessed me with a special talent to throw a football.” MenYoungSpecialTalentFootballBlessedYoung ManGod BlessSpecial Talents Author:Dan Marino
“I feel the time is right, I want to spend more time with my young family and concentrate fully on my career [on retiring from international football at age 30” WantFeelsAgeYoungFamilyCareersFootballInternationalMore TimeRetiringAge 30 Author:Robbie Savage
“My goal--and this is kind of my own little secret--but when I get married, just to head out and finish football and, and, and be a missionary around the world. Places where Steve Young--not that it's big really that many places--but places where they have no idea about football.” WorldKindLittlesIdeasBigsYoungGoalMy OwnSecretFootballMarriedAround The WorldNo IdeaMissionarySteve Young Author:Steve Young
“I would pass onto any young player to enjoy your football, play your football as you want to play the game, try and enjoy it and make the most of it.” WantTryingPlayYoungGamesEnjoyPlayerFootball Author:Lionel Messi
“My mum lives in Boston; she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training; you're not playing baseball or football.' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.” YoungTeachingFootballLike YouNormalTrainingBaseballTeenagerIdolsMumBostonAuntPlaying Baseball Author:Donnie Yen
“I was born with God-given gifts of very talented musical ability and exceptoinal physical coordination. I always needed prodding to practice piano, violin, cornet or French horn. I had to be pulled away from any athletic participation. Now, at 63, I look back on my athletic feats - All-American, All-Pro Quaterback, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame - and I can honestly say I would trade these all if I had been smart enough to pursue my musical career. YOUNG PEOPLE - don't make the same mistake.” PeopleIfsLooksI CanEnoughYoungGivenBornAbilityMistakeCareersPracticeFootballCollegeNeededFameSmartTradeMusicalHonestlyPursuePianoHallsParticipationAthleticHornsViolinFeatsHall Of FameSame MistakesCoordinationPro FootballMusical AbilityFrench Horn Author:Otto Graham
“For Irishmen, there is no football game to match rugby and if all our young men played rugby not only would we beat England and Wales but France and the whole lot of them put together.” IfsMenWholeTogetherYoungGamesFootballBeatsEnglandFranceYoung ManRugbyWalesFootball GameIrishmen Author:Eamon de Valera
“When you are young nothing is more important than football but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.” PeopleImportantKidsAgeYoungLosesFootballMarriedOur FamilyRealising Author:Jermain Defoe
“It took me a long time to realize that football isn't martyrdom, but a game that's enjoyable, and one in which getting better at it is supposed to be fun. Perhaps it would have been better if I had understood this as a young man.” IfsMenLongHas BeensYoungGamesFunRealizingFootballLong TimeUnderstoodSupposed To BeGet BetterYoung ManEnjoyableMartyrdom Author:Oliver Kahn
“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
“As a young kid, I wasn't really interested at that stage - getting financial advice was far from my mind. I was focused on playing football. But I got onboard with this financial adviser and I heeded his advice, and that was my smartest money decision.” MindKidsYoungDecisionAdviceStageFootballFinancialFocusedAdviserPlaying FootballFinancial Advice Author:Robbie Fowler
“When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream.” PeopleChildrenStillsPlayDreamYoungGamesPlayerWonderfulTeamFrontsFootballBecomingPaidFinalsCupsBest PlayersFootball PlayerI Had A DreamBest TeamCup Finals Author:Eric Cantona
“He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him - but it is not going to be easy.” WantTryingEndsHelpingAbleYoungFightingEasyGoalLosesCareersPlayerTeamFootballShotsBallsMatesMedalSpectacularFootballerEmulateFootball PlayerMarkersScholesTeam Mate Author:Cesc Fabregas
“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
“To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team - spirit. That's the right attitude; that will bring you pleasure and fulfillment in football. A baker cannot live on bread he made yesterday, and a footballer cannot live on his last game. It's about the here and now.” WantMadeKidsLastsYoungSpiritGamesFunEnjoyPleasureAttitudeTeamFootballYesterdayBreadHaving FunFulfillmentGermanyHere And NowFootballerBakersTeam SpiritPlaying Football Author:Jurgen Klinsmann
“Young guys should focus on maintaining their football position. Coaches always say the lowest guy wins. I'm a taller guy and a bigger guy, but because I'm always in a great football position is why I think I'm able to get away from guys still. It gives me a chance to recover.” ThinkingGivingShouldStillsAbleYoungGuyWinningChanceFocusPositionFootballBiggerGive MeCoachesGet AwayLowestMaintainingGreat FootballYoung GuysGive Me A Chance Author:Brandon Spikes
“If you take a wrong step but you're still in that football position, you can just react and change directions. I think for the most part young guys need to work on their football position. Get in their stance and hold it as long as possible. Work on your flexibility, especially in the hips, so you can hold that longer. A good football position will help you be more mobile and give you better leverage in the trenches.” IfsThinkingNeedsGivingLongStillsHelpingYoungGuyStepsPositionFootballHipsFlexibilityMobileStanceTrenchesYoung GuysGood Football Author:Brandon Spikes
“I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football, baseball, and basketball against older kids because of my brother being older. I learned pretty quickly to not be intimidated and to not back down.” ArtKidsYoungFootballBrotherBasketballBaseballMy BrotherMartial ArtsIntimidatedTaekwondo Author:Robbie Lawler
“If you are young and open, and start loving football and really think about it then there are not a lot of alternatives to LFC. If you are a fan of another club it's okay too. But if you want to be a fan of 'the' club then it's Liverpool FC.” IfsThinkingWantYoungFansFootballOkayClubsAlternativesLiverpoolLiverpool Fc Author:Jurgen Klopp
“Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.” PeopleRunningYoungFoundWinningCareersCasesSuccessfulPlayerFansCenturyMediaFootballInternetErrorsClubsListsMagazinesSoccerLeagueCurseMeaningless20th CenturyPollsFootballerDallasPro FootballPollingSuccessful CareerTime MagazineJuventus Author:Ian O'Doherty
“As a young rookie NFL player, you go to the rookie symposium and the one thing they tell you is, "You guys know what the NFL stands for?" Everybody looks around like, "National Football League...?" The guy's like, "Nope - Not For Long." They tell you right there to get prepared for your second life. You take that in, and I've always been one to prepare early, to see ahead and anticipate and believe in great things happening, and they do. I'd already known that concept and appreciated that concept, but for me, I was always going to be here for a while. I just believed in that.” KnowsBelieveLooksLongYoungGuyKnownPlayerOne ThingFootballHappeningsConceptsPreparedThings HappenGreat ThingsLeagueNflAppreciatedAnticipateJust BelieveRookiesNfl PlayersSymposium Author:Russell Wilson
“I think the part that people get confused is that when you come in National Football League at a young age, they tell you to try to look for other things to do, and be ready for everything else in your life just in case. But as soon as you have a bunch of success, they think that's the only thing you can do, that you can only be a football player. I think God has gifted me with so many other things other than just football, and that's what I want to bring to the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantTryingLooksAgeYoungCan DoCasesPlayerFootballReadyBunchLeagueThings To DoConfusedGiftedYoung AgeFootball Player Author:Russell Wilson
“In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete.” KidsSchoolYoungFootballAthleteNeighborhoodOhioAfter School Author:John Legend
“If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.” PeopleIfsInspirationalKindDoeStatesYoungLevelsPlayerEffectsFootballBasketballFindingsHighestProfoundRecognitionBasketball PlayerFootball PlayerPedestalAll State Author:Benjamin Carson