The Hoops Little Book of Football: Quotes from players age 8 and 9 playing grassroots football to raise funds

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Football is a game that transcends all boundaries. It has the power to unite people from different cultures and nations." - Roger Milla, reported by The Independent.

The beauty of football is that everyone can contribute in their own way, no matter how big or small their role may be." – Philipp Lahm, reported by Goal. It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same event. A World Cup is the sort of common project that otherwise barely exists in modern societies.”Catchy Titles’ • McDonald’s Football Celebration • Football Without Limits • Cup of Hope • Fun Football • All Stars Football Carnival • Let’s Bring Joy to the Children • Together We Are a Team • Have Faith in Yourself • Girls Only Road-show • Young Champions • Starball Quality or Quantity ? Both !! • Starting with the premise that grassroots soccer is primarily a social activity and that many sectors of the community can become involved, you can combine quantity with quality. • Setting targets create dynamics -- growth, outcomes, healthy alternatives, solid educational platform for basic social and human values like tolerance and respect. • Sponsors may more likely invest if they see the community involved and positive benefits being realized.

To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.” Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.” Football is not about one or two or three star players. It's about the team." – Xavi, reported by Goal.Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.” Designing a Grassroots Program • Political support • Grassroots philosophy and plan • Grassroots administrator • Grassroots leaders/ coaches • Adequate grassroots facilities and equipment • Grassroots structure • Training material, promotional ideas • Former players as grassroots ambassadors • Grassroots targets I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball." - Roy Keane , former Manchester United midfielder, reported by The Guardian.

We have a lot of mistakes in every practice. That's where we're at – correcting them and trying to improve the next day." One thing that could be a problem is breaking old habits. It’s not that you don’t understand what the new responsibilities or plays are, but just the fact that you’ve been doing something a long time and you’re kind of used to doing it, it’s a habit, and that’s not what’s required in the other system and that means kind of undoing something before you can even start to do something new.” Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. His leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and will power in the character.”

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Football is the only thing that can bring together an entire country, regardless of political or religious differences." - Zinedine Zidane , reported by Goal. I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.” – Bruce Jenner different coaching style. I was only out of the game for 6 months, before I was asked to get involved with my younger sons team. (He was 7). Because I genuinely love coaching, I said yes. It’s not the will to win that matters. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” –Paul “Bear” Bryant