I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.
He could tell at once that they carried different sorts of bubble bath mixed with the water though it wasn't bubble bath as Harry had ever experienced. One tap gushed pink and blue bubbles the size of footballs; another poured ice-white foam so thick that Harry thought it would have supported his weight if he'd cared to test it; a third sent heavily perfumed purple clouds hovering over the surface of the water. Harry amused himself for a while turning the taps on and off, particularly enjoying the effect of one whose jet bounced off the surface of the water in large arcs.
I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory.
I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation.
I want to go to a place where I can go to a football game, take off my shirt, paint my chest and major in beer.
A day without football is a day lost.
I do not play football, I score goals.
My mum lives in Boston; she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training; you're not playing baseball or football. ' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.
I'm sure that any current or past player of mine would tell you that the balls we practice with are as bad as they can be: wet, sticky, cold, slippery. However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.
It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball.
Of course we want to win every game, but winning forever is more about realizing your potential and making yourself as good as you can be. Realizing that is a tremendous accomplishment, whether it's in football or in life.
American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party.
I am who I am. In the end, I feel that what I'm accountable for is doing a good job as a football coach.
Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.
Unfortunately, we keep kicking ourselves in the foot.
Fantasy football is actually an amazing American pastime, because it takes the ultimate team sport, NFL and football, and turns it into the quest for individual achievement.
I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do,. . . The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.
Football at it's best is a game of beauty and intelligence.
The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this earth. It's not going be, "It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl. " But, really and truly what you're going to leave this earth is the influence on others.
When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor.