#ball

It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football, before there were face guards. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#before #book #company #done #face

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18. ↗

— Jessica Brown Findlay

#ballet #ballet dancer #dancer #eight #half

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else. ↗

— John B. Keane

#else #everybody #everybody else #footballer #good

My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it. ↗

— Michael Finley

#away #basketball #enjoy #exposure #get

Basketball used to be my top priority. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#priority #top #used

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry. ↗

— Curt Flood

#baseball #establishment #permissive

Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it. ↗

— Curt Flood

#baseball #rebellion #relevant #socially

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball. ↗

— Curt Flood

#cardinals #contributed #course #decision #growth

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#bay #been #days #detroit #football