166 quotes found
“No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered.”
“In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: ...”
“Part of my problem is that I cannot dispel the myths that have somehow accumulated over the years. Somebody writes something, it's completely off the wall, but it gets filed and repeated until ever...”
“When I was drafted by the Colts, Indianapolis was a basketball and a car racing town, but it didn't take long for the Colts to convert the city and state of Indiana into football evangelists.”
“The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.”
“Without football, my life is worth nothing.”
“I can retire from football with a smile on my face.”
“I am not a dreamer. I am a football romantic.”
“Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. They've been very close to me and we have a great relationship.”
“I had feelings that I didn't know what to do with, and I felt better when I started writing them. I thought of it as poetry. I did notice girls really liked it. Better than football. They liked the...”
“Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, there's been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived... Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs...”
“I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.”
“I do play football no-holds-barred. Any edge I can get, I'll take. I'd grab a face mask only in a fit of anger. Uncontrolled anger is damn near insane.”
“Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we hav...”
“My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.”
“The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.”
“In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.”
“To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football.”
“The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.”
“In the sweep of its appeal, its ability to touch every corner of humanity, football is the only game that needed to be invented.”
