“We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of 'Survivor' on a 2-inch television set? I doubt it. But I do think somebody's going to go to a grocery store in the middle of a football game and watch that game.” PeopleThinkingGamesGrowsWatchesDoubtMiddleTelevisionFootballStoresSurvivorInchesEpisodesGroceriesGrocery StoresWirelessFootball Game Author:Leslie Moonves
“I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.” HardGamesWatchesFocusTelevisionFootballColdCommentaryFootball GameReplay Author:John Legend
“For me, there's nothing that beats playing. When I'm not playing, I'll watch games on the television, watch stuff on You-Tube, everything. I just live for football, love watching great players.” GamesStuffWatchesPlayerTelevisionFootballBeatsTubesJust Live Author:Jermain Defoe
“Retaining 'Monday Night Football' simply did not make smart financial sense for ABC. We could not reconcile the fees against the revenue. We love football at ABC. It's been a love affair for 36 years. It will go down in the history of sports television, being created on ABC and with this magnificent run. But at this point, given the success we're having with our entertainment product and the financials, we deemed that this was the proper move for us. We're not looking back .” YearsRunningMovingNightGivenSportsTelevisionFootballProductsSmartAffairFinancialEntertainmentMagnificentLooking BackMondayRevenueLove AffairReconcileFeesRetainingMonday NightMonday Night Football Author:George Bodenheimer
“Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about £1.4bn, 40 per cent more than its nearest rival, Italy's Serie A. That was before take-off. Now foreign television channels are sending so much cash that the Premiership is expected to take in nearly £1.8bn this season. Even the team that finishes bottom of the table (Wigan might be a good bet) will get £26.8m from TV. That's more than all of Argentine or Belgian football put together.” CountryMightEarthTogetherHalfTeamTelevisionFootballTvsSeasonsTablesBottomExpectedSoccerAnalysisIslandsCashCentsRevenueRivalsBelgiansWigan Author:Simon Kuper
“Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'” SometimesAsksGamesBitsWatchesTelevisionFootballManagersSoccerBoredIntensityChairmanContinental Author:Arsene Wenger
“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
“I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.” LastsHoursDyingTelevisionFootballConversationFinalsHospitalsDrowningDublinFootball Match Author:Gabriel Byrne
“My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.” ThinkingShowsStreetsTelevisionFootballMy FavoriteAll TimeHillsBoxingMuhammadTelevision ShowsHill Street Blues Author:Lennie James
“Football today is far too much a sport for the few who can play it well; the rest of us, and too many of our children, get out exercise from climbing up the seats in stadiums, or from walking across the room to turn on our television sets.” WellsChildrenPlayTodayTurnsSportsRoomsToo MuchTelevisionFootballWalkingExerciseOur ChildrenSeatsClimbingTurn-onStadiumsClimbing Up Author:John F. Kennedy
“The beginning of my love for football goes back to when I was seven years old. I was spending time with my grandmother, Caletha Vick. I never knew anything about the game until one Sunday afternoon when she turned on the television because the Redskins were playing. They were my Uncle Casey's favorite team-and my grandmother's favorite too. After watching the game with them, I was hooked.” YearsGamesTeamTelevisionFootballSevenSpendingNflGrandmotherSundayAfternoonUnclesMy GrandmotherSeven YearsHookedSpending TimeSunday AfternoonsRedskins Author:Michael Vick
“I could barely speak after I was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. I was going to play for the defending Super Bowl champions.... I immediately thought of all the great players on the team. I was in awe, as I had watched these soon-to-be legends play on television. They epitomized for me what football was all about: the love of the game, the professional approach, and the desire to win.” PlayDesireGamesWinningSpeakPlayerTeamTelevisionFootballApproachChampionNflAweLegendsBowlsSan FranciscoSuper BowlDesire To WinThe Love Of The Game Author:Jerry Rice
“Whenever you pray, make sure you do it at school assemblies and football games, like the demonstrative creatures who pray before large television audiences. That is the real goal of the thing. But do not, I urge you, pray all alone in your home where no one can see. That does not get you ratings.” DoeRealHomeSchoolReligionGamesPoliticsGoalPrayerAudienceTelevisionFootballPrayingCreaturesUrgesAssemblyRatingAll AloneFootball Game Author:Garry Wills
“You need players that stand for emotion in football. Football today is a game for television.” NeedsTodayGamesEmotionPlayerTelevisionFootball Author:Berti Vogts
“I'm not saying that people shouldn't go out to football games and drink beer and have a good time, I do it myself. But, at the same time, people are so apathetic and that shows me that they don't care about themselves. They have no self-image. Their image is projected to them via the television and that is where they make decisions about who they are according to what the public says they ought to be.” PeopleSelfShowsCareGamesDecisionTelevisionFootballOughtDrinkDon't CareBeerGood TimesShow MeHaving A Good TimeFootball GameApathetic Author:Alex Jones
“Penalties are not football. They are not even as television people keep telling us, great drama. They are cheap melodrama.” PeopleTelevisionFootballDramaPenaltiesMelodrama Author:Simon Barnes