Red Smith (Walter Wellesley Smith) Quotes
It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.
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I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full.
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My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
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Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
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I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.
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My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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In my 20 years in football, I was fortunate enough never to have experienced relegation. And while there is the pressure of expectations at the top of the league, at the bottom it comes in fear and trepidation, which is almost worse.
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My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.
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I hate being in Los Angeles when it's football season. I want to be in New York. It just doesn't feel right if I'm away.
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The game of football is something I dearly love, and there's nothing else I'd rather be doing.
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I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk around the projects on our hands and see who could get the farthest. I was always playing football with them, basketball or racing in the street.
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Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.
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It wasn't in the cards to work out in football.
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I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football – please.
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I grew up wrestling and playing football where, at the end of the game, you have a score and you're either the winner of loser. There's no score in acting, but you qualify your level of success by the people that you work with and the amount of exposure that you have.
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Whether we're stuffing our faces with Kogi tacos or playing a pickup game of football outside the stages, there's never a shortage of fun behind the scenes on 'Murder In The First.'
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I love going to football games and going to homecoming dances and just doing normal things.
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Football, to me, is a passion, more than a game. It is everything. But more than anything, it is love for Roma. I have always been Roma. There has never been anything else.
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I don't miss the limelight, not at all. I'm just more comfortable out of it. I don't miss 'Monday Night Football.' I just don't miss it. I'm lucky. When I stopped playing, I didn't miss it. I feel blessed that it's not been a problem. I have great memories. I feel really lucky.
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Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.
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The innovator has for enemies all who have done well under the old, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.
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I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.
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I'm just a tough old woman.
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It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.
