“In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.” DifferentGamesPlayerFootballSeasonsInternationalClubsCoachingSaturdayRecovering Author:Graham Taylor
“I was disappointed not to be able to sign [for Barcelona] last season. When the best club in the world calls you, then it is something that you want to happen. I have signed for the only club who really wanted me. In no moment did I ever think that Inter was a possibility. Rafa valued me and perhaps that is why people started saying that I could go there but this is the only club that pushed to sign me.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMomentsHappensAbleWantedLastsPossibilitySeasonsClubsDisappointedBarcelona Author:Javier Mascherano
“You don't look for jobs. You don't phone up 10 clubs and say, Here I am. You are offered the job. I was in Benfica many years ago. I was leaving the training ground and I had a car after me. It went on for 10 minutes. Anyhow, he stopped and I stopped and he said, I'm from the Italian embassy. Ah yes, and what do you want? I want your phone number because Roma wants you as a manager next season. Three months later I was sitting on the bench in Roma. I don't think the rest of working society works like football.” ThinkingWantYearsLooksSaidJobsThreeNextNumbersMinutesCarFootballMonthsTrainingSittingYears AgoSeasonsLeavingPhonesClubsManagersSoccerItalianI Want YouChairmanBenchesHere I AmThree MonthsPhone NumbersEmbassySitting On The Bench Author:Sven-Goran Eriksson
“These two clubs had a monopoly of the domestic honours last season.” TwoLastsFootballSeasonsClubsHonourMonopolyCommentators Author:Tony Gubba
“Barcelona is always a club that, at the beginning of the season, wants to win everything. I will try my best to do that with them and I'm sure I will help as much as I can.” WantTryingI CanHelpingWinningSeasonsClubsBarcelona Author:Thierry Henry
“Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.” YearsHas BeensMadeBookHelpingCareTogetherCultureWinningCommunityVisionSupportFourProgressBuildingFootballPrideMembersSeasonsResponsibleClubsHelping OthersLeagueSeatsBritainWorking TogetherMassiveFour YearsChampionshipWho CaresStadiumsCelticShared Vision Author:Fergus McCann
“The clubs, that's easy to cut out, because I know when the season ends I can look forward to going out.” KnowsLooksI CanEndsEasyCuttingSeasonsClubsGoing Out Author:Usain Bolt
“I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons.” KindWholeHomeLawOrderGamesCoupleComfortableLosingSeasonsClubsDinnerBarsWeekendLaw And OrderDorkScrabble Author:Wentworth Miller
“When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York.” GuyWifeNew YorkMarriedSeasonsStressClubsLeagueBroadsChampionshipStrain Author:Joe Namath
“United have spent all season commemorating the 50th anniversary of Busby's decision to defy the Football League and take the club on a tragic and triumphant journey into Europe, but no orchestrated event could conjure the celebrations ignited by last night's outstanding obliteration of Roma or deliver a more fitting tribute.” LastsNightDecisionUnitedJourneyEventsFootballEuropeSeasonsClubsSoccerAnalysisLeagueTragicCelebrationLast NightOutstandingFittingTributeTriumphant50th Anniversary Author:Andy Hunter
“That was a continuance of what we have seen most of the season - that is, various clubs beating each other.” FootballSeasonsVariousClubsContinuance Author:Ron Noades
“I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted was to be a good ball player and hit twenty-five or thirty homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit .280 and help my club win pennants. I just wanted to be one of the guys, an average player having a good season.” HelpingRunningWantedGuyWinningFivePlayerHundredSeasonsBallsTwentiesAverageClubsThirtyTwenty FiveBall Players Author:Roger Maris
“I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what’s been given me. That’s what I’ve been given and that’s what I’ve had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It’s just what it is.” PeopleHas BeensWholeSeemsWould BeWinningGivenFunDealsCareersPlayerBasketballSeasonsDefeatClubsCoachesGood TimesCapabilityHaving A Good TimeResentAbsorbingWinning Basketball Author:Phil Jackson
“My head is in Liverpool and on helping save our season. I am professional and I always fulfil my deals. I haven't considered leaving, although in football that depends on the club.” HelpingDealsHavensFootballDependsSeasonsLeavingClubsLiverpool Author:Fernando Torres
“I think we've been through a lot this season and it will be nice to move on. It's one step at a time though. The focus of our hockey club was great. We really stuck to our game plan and didn't get too high or too low and we definitely didn't get over excited.” ThinkingMovingGamesStepsFocusNicePlansLowsSeasonsClubsExcitedStuckHockeyBeing NiceGet OverOne Step At A TimeGame Plan Author:Martin Brodeur
“If at the end of the season I'm leaving the club, you have the right to come to me and say: 'Jose, you are a liar'” IfsEndsSeasonsLeavingClubsLiars Author:Jose Mourinho