#football

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? ↗

— Jim Bouton

#baseball #baseball players #field #football #football players

Yes, yes, I know all the jokes. What else could I have expected at Highbury? But I went to Chelsea and to Tottenham and to Rangers, and saw the same thing: that the natural state of a football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#sport #nature

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't ↗

— Jerry Rice

#accomplishments

...So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad and barren lives; it is just that real life is paler, duller, and contains less potential for unexpected delirium. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life #sport #imagination

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#football #getting #hell #i #kicked

I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#baseball #basketball #been #football #i

I grew up in Texas, obviously a huge football state. ↗

— Drew Brees

#grew #huge #i #obviously #state

I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

#also #area #come #day #different