“I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.” YearsHas BeensFightingFootballTaughtToughAreasSevenLocalsLeagueSeven YearsManchesterLadFormative Years Author:Gary Neville
“You run the football for toughness. You run the ball to tell your opponent that you're as tough as they are. But you throw the ball to ring the bell.” RunningFootballToughBallsRingsOpponentsBellsToughness Author:Jerry Glanville
“Professional football's a tough game. It's a lot of contact. It's a lot of wear and tear on your body. You've got elite athletes running into each other, play after play, at high speeds. And this is something that I love and I enjoy.” PlayBodyRunningGamesEnjoyTearsFootballToughAthleteSpeedYour BodyContactElitesHigh SpeedTough GamesElite Athletes Author:John Urschel
“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.” MayTruthLyingBreakFootballHonorTruth IsToughRoundsEveningKicksBubblesMoment Of TruthTouch Football Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.” PeopleStrongFootballToughSafetyWrestlingMentalityPrecision Author:Christian Kane
“I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.” WantGamesPlayerFootballGoes OnToughOwnersKillersPro Football Author:Jim Brown
“It's tough. Gymnastics isn't basketball or football or baseball, where you can get these huge contracts and make a lot of money.” FootballHugeBasketballToughBaseballContractsLots Of MoneyGymnastics Author:Jonathan Horton
“In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and the band's playing. I do miss that adrenaline rush.” MomentsGamesFansMissingFootballBandToughBaseballGet UpAdrenalineSingle MomAdrenaline Rush Author:Adam Dunn
“I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.” KnowsPlayWantedFootballCollegeProjectsToughFanaticsSidelinesCollege FootballFootball Fan Author:Chad Pennington
“Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy. (on former teammate Luboslav Penev)” PeopleGivingMomentsRememberGivenFootballGiving UpToughMercySickRemainsCancerFighterFormerRemember WhenNever Giving UpTeammateGiven UpBulgariaTough Moments Author:Hristo Stoichkov
“We've been cooperative with the NFL investigation. We'll continue to do so and we will turn all our attention and focus on to the Seattle Seahawks, a very well coached, talented, tough, competitive football team.” WellsTurnsAttentionFocusTeamFootballToughNflInvestigationSeattleFootball TeamCooperatives Author:Bill Belichick
“I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because you sprain your ankle crying "Mama, mama!"” WantPlayGuyCryFootballToughMamaGood GuyAnklesTough Guy Author:Mr. T
“There's hockey and football players tougher than me, there's gangbangers tougher than me. But my toughness is more, Jesus said "Be of tough mind, but tender heart; be tough as a serpent, but tender as a dove." That's who I am and what I do.” MindHeartSaidJesusPlayerFootballToughWho I AmHockeyDoveToughnessSerpentFootball PlayerTender Hearts Author:Mr. T
“Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.” GamesFansFootballToughIntelligentShirtsChicagoSharksJanuaryAmerican FootballFootball GameFunny FootballFootball FanFunny American FootballShirt OffCity Of Chicago Author:Dave Barry
“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
“Being on stage isn't so tough compared to the football pitch.” StageFootballTough Author:Eric Cantona