#football

I'd heard about Texas football and how much of a religion it is, but to go to Odessa and experience it first-hand is something different than just hearing about it. ↗

— Jay Hernandez

#different #experience #first-hand #football #go

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#disappointment #fan #football #matter #natural

We're sympathetic, but once you step on the field, football's football. ↗

— Michael Strahan

#football #once #step #sympathetic #you

It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players. ↗

— Red Smith

#day #football #ideal #players #spectators

Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#buzz #country #dreamed #every #every time

If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone’s expectations is the number one goal, you have sacrificed your uniqueness, and therefore your excellence. ↗

— Hope Solo

#excellence #football #inspirational #soccer #unique

I'm a minicamp body in 102-degree heat getting screamed at by the only other man my size: a middle-aged receivers coach they call Bow Wow. ↗

— Christopher Harris

#football #literary #age

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#motivation #talent #attitude

I've cut my teeth as a coach with some great head coaches and some great co-workers and I have been very lucky to have learned a lot of football from all of the above. ↗

— Mike Tice

#been #co-workers #coach #coaches #cut

I lust love to play football. ↗

— Ray Nitschke

#i #love #lust #play #play football