“I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high school was crazy about football.” SchoolActingHalfCrazyFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolTownsTexasSmall Town Author:Jesse Plemons
“Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town.” Growing UpGrowingFootballBasketballTownsCoreDetroit Author:Ndamukong Suh
“When Im in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football. But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.” SometimesKidsNaturalWatchesWifeCarFootballTownsMy WifeEastBarsSundayVillageInclinationEnglish FootballMy Wife And KidsEast Village Author:Joe Scarborough
“Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.” WantChildrenRealityGamesFootballMarriedTownsGood ThingsGraduatesGraduationSmall TownFootball Game Author:Faith Hill
“I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That's when I knew I had some athletic ability.” GamesSidesAbilityTeamFootballSixSeasonsTownsEastDragonsTailsAthleticInspirational TeamTouchdownsEast SideAthletic Ability Author:LeBron James
“Football, that's just athletics. But in the business world - doing everything - people are competing. So you need good work ethics, and I think it helped me to develop good work ethics, being in a small town.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsBusinessFootballEthicsTownsGood WorkWork EthicCompetingSmall TownAthleticAthleticsBusiness WorldGood Work Ethic Author:Herschel Walker
“I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess.” NightAcceptingBoysSacrificeTeamFootballTownsOfferingGoddessCaptainsSaturdayCompetingDestinedCollectingSaturday NightFootball TeamInspirational TeamPromExcursions Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel
“Yes, he’s a good boy. Never been in trouble at school and he’s on the honor roll. Captain of the football team. All-around psycho serial killer who hides bodies in the fridge whenever his parents go out of town. (Nick) I also eat babies for breakfast and torture small animals for fun. My therapist says I’m making real progress though. (Caleb)” RealBodySchoolFunParentAnimalBoysProgressTroubleTeamFootballBabyHonorTownsTortureBreakfastKillersCaptainsTherapistsSerialsFootball TeamPsychoSerial KillerFridgesCalebGood BoySmall AnimalsHonor Roll Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available.” FootballTownsSticksAvailableHockeyPuck Author:Merlin Olsen
“In Montana, they renamed a town after an all-time great, Joe Montana. Well, a town in Massachusetts changed their name to honor my guy Terry Bradshaw--Marblehead.” WellsGuyNamesChangedFootballHonorTownsAll TimeNflMontanaMassachusettsPro FootballNfl Football Author:Howie Long
“The town, the team, it's a family. That has helped. For some people who have had to deal with some of the problems I have had to deal with don't have football as an out.” PeopleInspirationalProblemSportsDealsTeamFootballTownsTeamwork Author:Brett Favre