Football Hero Quotes

“football today,” the coach said, turning the insect eyes back at Ty so that he could see two dark-haired”
― Tim Green, Football Hero: An Orphaned Boy's Race to Save His Brother's Life and NFL Career from a Mob Boss for Kids (Ages 8-12)

“Ty and Thane walked out of the Old”
― Tim Green, Football Hero: An Orphaned Boy's Race to Save His Brother's Life and NFL Career from a Mob Boss for Kids (Ages 8-12)

“What makes you a football player is getting up after you get knocked down, or going out to catch another pass after you just dropped one. The harder the hit, or the worse the drop, the more important it is to keep going. That’s the game. That’s what a real football player does. If you can’t do that, then you shouldn’t play.”
― Tim Green, Football Hero: An Orphaned Boy's Race to Save His Brother's Life and NFL Career from a Mob Boss for Kids (Ages 8-12)

“but don’t you let him trick you into a fight in school. He’s, like, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do or something.”
― Tim Green, Football Hero: An Orphaned Boy's Race to Save His Brother's Life and NFL Career from a Mob Boss for Kids (Ages 8-12)

“Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
― Tim Green, Football Hero: An Orphaned Boy's Race to Save His Brother's Life and NFL Career from a Mob Boss for Kids (Ages 8-12)

“It’s not over until it’s over,” Thane said, speaking slowly, the way he did when he wanted Ty to remember. “You want to be a champion, you have to think that way, in everything you do. You never stop. You let yourself start to think that way, then the one time you could pull out a win because of some freak luck, you’re not ready for it. Maybe it’s only once in a lifetime, but that’s one win you’d never have, and who knows what that one win could do.”
― Tim Green, Football Hero: An Orphaned Boy's Race to Save His Brother's Life and NFL Career from a Mob Boss for Kids (Ages 8-12)

“The real tough guys? They don’t have to cheat. They get it done before the whistle.”
― Tim Green, Football Hero: An Orphaned Boy's Race to Save His Brother's Life and NFL Career from a Mob Boss for Kids (Ages 8-12)