#football

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work. ↗

— Jerry Rice

#about #accomplish #always #ball player #best

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game. ↗

— Jerry Rice

#best #ceremonies #crazy #each #every

I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn't even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game. ↗

— Steve Sabol

#almost #being #combat #elements #even

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player. ↗

— Marat Safin

#become #chances #football #football player #i

For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside. ↗

— Claudia Schiffer

#came #family #football #me #meant

We were younger. And it's basically like looking at football classics. You see things that you did, you see things that you could've done better and you think about all the good relationships that you had with the cast. ↗

— Bubba Smith

#basically #better #cast #classics #could

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#agree #control #discipline #easier #every

When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#being #bigger #came #certain #certain age

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose? ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#credible #drama #football #football match #going

The reason I became a manager was to have full control over training. If you are a coach, you are bound by what the manager wants you to coach. The other reason is that I just like the company of football people. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#bound #coach #company #control #football