Mcmain Football Quotes

The bottom line is winning. I want to do what we need to do to win football games. ~ Mike Singletary

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. ~ Joe Greene

How I Threw Big Party for Jane Austen

It was at a petting party in the White House that I first met Jane Austen. The beautiful little Englishwoman had come to our shores in response to an attractive offer from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer people, one of whose officers had spelled out her novel 'Pride and Prejudice' and considered it good material for a seven reel comedy. Syd Chaplin was at that time with this firm and was slated for the title role.

Miss Austen had a few weeks' time to spare before she was due in Hollywood and it fell to my lot to entertain her. I postponed my engagement with President Pierce, whom I intended to interview in regard to my pension as general in the Spanish war, and placed myself entirely at the disposal of the little authoress. She expressed a desire to see the night life of New York and I organized a party to visit Texas Guinan's. In the party, besides myself and Miss Austen, or Janey as we called her, were Brinck Thorne, then captain of the Yale football nine, and Harry Wills.*

*Editor's note: The author evidently means 'eleven,' not 'nine.'

*Author's note: Other teams would not play against Mr. Thorne unless he limited himself to eight helpers instead of the regulation ten.

After two or three rounds of drinks we decided we had had enough and a water brought us a check for $22.75. The other two men seemed to have paralysis of the arms and as I found on $1.50 in my pocket, I asked Miss Guinan if ~ Ring Lardner Jr.

I'm not necessarily intimidated by really jocky guys. I can talk football with them, you know what I mean? ~ Joan Jett

I've done a lot of work in the gym preparing myself for what is certain to be pretty strenuous pre-season training - something I've not previously experienced. And I knocked local football on the head this winter, simply to ensure I didn't pick up any injuries. ~ James Hibberd

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football. ~ Joe Biden

What the hell happened to your leg?" Ang asked him.
Matt looked down at his shin, which was scraped and oozing and seemed to be caked in mud. "Crashed."
"Crashed what?" Ang asked.
"My mountain bike. We just got back."
"You crashed, then what? Rolled in dirt?"
He laughed. "Something like that actually. It's not a successful ride if you don't bleed." He must not have noticed the look of horror on my face, because he asked, suddenly enthusiastic, "You guys ride?"Angelo and I just looked at each other, and he seemed to realize that was a "no." "Too bad. Well, make yourselves at home. Beer's in the fridge. I have to get cleaned up. Kickoff's in ten minutes."
"Football?" Angelo asked.
Matt looked at his as if he had just asked if the sky was really blue. "Yeah! First game of the regular season!" We just stared blankly at him, and he just laughed and disappeared down the hall.
Angelo looked at me with a smile on his face. "Four fags watchin' football. Must be pretty fuckin' cold in hell right now. ~ Marie Sexton

The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping water at the farm well ... But the windmills we are talking about today are not your grandmother's windmills. Each one is typically 100 yards tall, two stories taller than the Stature of Liberty, taller than a football field is long. ~ Lamar Alexander

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. I like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't. ~ Lionel Messi

I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me. ~ David Beckham

When you're as small as I am, people don't expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them. ~ Daniel Rodriguez

The lads really ran their socks into the ground. ~ Alex Ferguson

I really do love football. ~ Ricky Williams

It's going to take a shoehorn to prise these two teams apart ~ Alan Parry

The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will. ~ Troy Polamalu

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation. ~ Dhani Jones

Rangers are definitely on the back heel now ~ Archie Macpherson

I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition. ~ Emmanuelle Beart

There's no doubt. Its certain that ill be 100 percent ~ Lionel Messi

No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout. ~ Hugh Dancy

I tape over most of them with Corrie or Neighbours. Most of them are crap. They can f***ing make anyone look good. I signed Marco Boogers off a video. He was a good player but a nutter. They didn't show that on the video. ~ Harry Redknapp

I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it. ~ Chaske Spencer

I pegged him as the kind of jock that has a thing for smart girls. You see these guys, second-stringers on the football team; they stand around the edges of the Jock Huddle listening to raunchy talk about cheerleaders, but they fall for the smart girl with library eyes. ~ Jordan Weisman

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

Wearing your red scarves, your Liverpool scarves. To support Liverpool Football Club. So I thank you, boys. I thank you. For supporting Liverpool Football Club. Because we could do nothing without you, boys –
We would be nothing without you. ~ David Peace

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well. ~ Alex Ferguson

Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football. ~ Vicente Del Bosque

When Paul Brown talked contract, the championship game was part of it. We took the championship game for granted. ~ Otto Graham

I didn't do anything [during the game]. I only had one shot on goal and I did not create any chances. I was horrible. Maybe I should have left the pitch earlier. ~ Robinho

Colt was a big guy and there was a lot to see, all of it good. He'd need to walk down a football field for you to have time to get it all in. ~ Kristen Ashley

A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing. ~ Bill Shankly

Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back ~ Tony Adams

I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it. ~ Jeff Garcia

For 350 years we have been taught that reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man. Football's place is to add a patina of character, a deference to the rules and a respect for authority. ~ Red Smith

I'm going to have my family after I play football. ~ Terrell Owens

For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is. ~ Rio Ferdinand

No one could have brought in more personnel than we have to build a football team. ~ Al Davis

Here I was, this good guy that played football; I was gonna go play in college but I had a bad senior year. But I played guitar in assemblies whenever I could. ~ Bob Livingston