“Football has been good to me. Everyone has their destiny but you have to make use of the opportunities. I have spent 15 years at the top of my game. It makes me happy. I love the game. I love scoring goals. But I have always taken it seriously. It is not what the game gives you, it is what you give it.” GivingYearsHas BeensUseOpportunityGamesGoalDestinyTakenFootballMake Me HappyScoring Goals Author:George Weah
“Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in questionable privatisations couldn't be better spent?” PeopleTakenPlayerFootballCoachesBillionsAgentsSoccerAnalysisMillionaireQuestionableChelsea Author:Simon Kuper
“One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.” KnowsFirstsDoeSaidHardNextGamesBitsTakenFootballFindingsFirst TimeGolfManagersSoccerReservesChairman Author:Ron Atkinson
“For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is.” LongProblemGamesTakenFootballAuthorityRacismEnglandRefuseAcknowledge Author:Rio Ferdinand