He got off work early one day and I said to him, 'They're going to need to mow that field or else there will be a lot of weeds growing up there.' After work, he brings his push mower over and started to push-mow the football field. He had already had the end zone mowed up to the 20 yard line done by himself. He worked his butt off, and he never took praise about anything.
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I want to stress that Greece, since last night, is on the lips of everyone in the world who follows this mass and magical sport called football,
I had the defender catching the ball. Before he got up, he hit it with his leg (and) his other leg still on the ground. Therefore, he did not complete the catch. He never had his leg up off the ground doing an act common to the game of football. He was losing it while his other leg was on the ground.
To be honest, that's the last body part I'm concerned about because it doesn't bother me in the least. There's no residual effect at all. Look, I'm here to play and if I go out there and something else gets hurt, that's part of football.
He's been a real pleasant surprise, honestly. He's improved a ton from the spring. The fact that he went through spring football was huge. I think that gave him a chance to get on the field this year.
These record enrollment numbers reflect success in diversifying our sports programming and offering new services, ... like splitting third- and fourth-grade football, adding a second-grade tackle league and introducing fall baseball for third- through sixth-graders. We are gratified that our parents are responding so positively to our efforts to meet their requests for new programs.
I like to use a football analogy. A sports reporter can write in depth and give you a good idea of the game, but you really don't get it until you play it.
It's possibly true that all you need is a chance, but there's a typical path coaches follow. In terms of the coaching part, handling players at practice, teaching the schemes of football, I don't think that would change a bit no matter what. But recruiting is much different.
Those kind of things really hurt, but they really remind you of why you're here and what kind of blessed position you're in as a football player. You live a comfortable life and make a lot of money. You should take what's given to you and make the most of it in your private life, but more than anything, your public life. You have a platform to do a lot of good. People will get behind you if your heart is in the right place.
My enthusiasm is unbounded. It's not just to get back into the mainstream of the football world, but to do it with the Buffalo Bills, for whom I have such a longtime affection.
Football games present a place where something that started somewhere else may come to be finished, ... It's a large crowd, and crowds provide anonymity. So people may jump in and do things that they might normally not do.
With me, it's just about playing football. I look at it like, when you're a kid, you're just out there playing football. That's what you want to do. Just be out there on the field. Whatever position they put me at, I'll play it.
I would like to congratulate the USF Bulls on a rousing victory, ... It fired us up, really, while we were in our hotel. (They) handed it to Louisville. That was a great win for our local fans and USF football.
Every time France doesn't win a football game it is a surprise. I think they (Croatia) played very, very well and it will be a tough game on Monday for us.
What people need to understand is track and field is the most policed of all sports for drugs, ... Let's go and test baseball. Let's test football. You already got the designer steroid THG test on all these other sports -- and you're talking about one team the Oakland Raiders having four athletes. We may have only five or six in our whole federation. Is that fair to say how widespread it is in track and field It is not as big as it is in other sports. We're just policed more because we are true sport.
That says a lot about the history of the two schools and the games. People have told me that the two schools are very similar. They are two of the biggest state institutions in the country, both very good academic schools and are in the capital (cities). We each have a lot of fans and a lot of talk and publicity about football. (Football) is really important at both places.
It was the first time since I've been herethat we caught the football and made plays after the catch.
I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.
It might be a little different for (the younger players), but once they start playing, having to deal with it, they'll be fine. It's still football, no matter where it's played. You've got to play. And I think the guys we have, with how much they've picked up, we'll be fine.
It's not over-recruiting. Since Ole Miss, we've built our philosophy around running the football. You've got to have a running game in order to be successful in college football.
I'm pretty sure this is it. I'm not going to stamp that in concrete, but I don't think I want to play. I've had enough football. I've enjoyed it. And when I say I've had enough, it doesn't mean I don't like it. I've had enough with a big smile and a lot of happiness, with some pleasurable moments.
One thing you learn in football, you waste your time worrying about injuries because they're going to come.
I didn't want to play junior college football. I just wanted to go home and focus on basketball. I knew that basketball would be my route to college.
I thought, this is what college football is all about. I thought, these are the moments you remember forever.
You have a game plan. Not like a football game, but an idea of how you want to play, you establish it, and that's always the test when you fall behind early, to see if you can sustain what's been successful. That's kind of a test for us, to play as well as we did for 60 minutes.
Three things can happen when you put a football in the air -- and two of them are bad.
If I'm somebody that says the team is important and the players and coaches need to sacrifice and I then see an opportunity to help the football team and don't do it -- I would be going against the basic principal of what I preach.
When the child is twelve, your wife buys her a splendidly silly article of clothing called a training bra. To train what I never had a training jock. And believe me, when I played football, I could have used a training jock more than any twelve-year-old needs a training bra.
His dad was a real confidant. He was a real Rock of Gibraltar. I think part of their conversation was (the bar) could be his destiny. But he was devoted to football. He has a passion for it. I'm glad he stuck with it.
Not even close. Once we had the Thunder, the overwhelming choice of the football team was Lightning.
In my opinion, it was just total self-destruction. We acted like we had never played a game of football before. How many times is Herrin going to run the mid-line They're going to run it 20 to 25 times a game and we let the first one go for 70 yards and a touchdown.
The people around here are very hard-working. Many of them work at plants. And that is representative of what we have on the football field.
He has plans of going onto a Division 1-A college on a football scholarship. Even though he is only a junior, a lot of schools have expressed an interest in him. He is also an excellent student, according to what I have learned,
After the World Cup, I will stop playing football.
I think it's different because one thing isn't contingent on the other. Nate was going to play football so he could play basketball. Emeka knows he has a lot of catching up to do on the football field.
In New York now, they have Harvey Milk High School for gay students. They don't have much of a football team, but the half-time show . . .
I haven't had an opportunity to watch a lot of film just yet. But you can definitely see a large progression in his football game. The game is slowing down to him. He's taking care of the football and making better decisions.
I think you could make a case that he is as good of a player as there is in football today. And I say that without any reservation. You talk about a complete player that can do everything.
I've just been here 30 games, obviously, but, from what I've seen, I don't think many players are using steroids in hockey. I'll bet it's the least in any of the major sports, beside basketball. Football and baseball, I'm sure, have way more than hockey.
Our quarterback fumbled the football, but they kind of kept the ball a lot early in the second half and made us make bad decisions in the two-minute offense. They did some good things. The fumble really helped them.
I think it's hard, not because of football, but because there are people inside. You can always play a football game somewhere.
I got to admit I thought, 'Oh, how'd you do that Here we go again,' ... But he hung in there and he fought back and he kept making plays, and that's what the game of football is all about.
He did a lot of good things. He's one of the great mature young quarterbacks in college football. We didn't win the game. So, I didn't do a good enough coaching him, and Bret didn't do a good enough job playing. We approach it that way, and these guys know that. It's a team thing all the way.
I think he's as good a lineman as there is in college football. He plays so hard, consistently. I think an awful lot of Larry and he can do anything he wants in football. I just know there's not an overabundance of guys that play as hard as he does and have the athleticism and want-to that he does.
We believe Tim will solidify the football culture of the Seahawks,
We are excited about getting a player like Lance to join our program. He went back and forth on which sport to play, but decided on football after the signing date and we are pleased that he will be in the fold this coming season. I really like what I see in him and so do all of our coaches.
I know the Steelers would love to come in and run the football.
If Michael Jordan was the standard for hard work in basketball, then Jerry Rice is the standard for football, ... If there's a way to go out for Jerry, this is probably the right way. The gas is out of the tank. He did everything that he could. Most people didn't think he would have the impact that he did on this game. But he came into the league trying to make a team, and that's how he's leaving.
Football is a collision sport, basketball is a precision sport and volleyball is an emotional sport. You've got to get the emotion. Once you get that and the momentum behind you, there's a lot you can do.
were more worn out than they ever had been at training camp for football.