Great players. It didn’t happen overnight. It took effort. Blood. Sweat. Tears. That’s what I tell them before every match. Their sweat – and the opposition’s blood and tears. I tell them there’s only one way to win at those Championships: ‘Great playing isn’t enough, you’ve got to play like you’...
It’s much better to help them from a distance. ‘I still don’t understand,’ I say to the kids I’m playing cards with this afternoon. ‘What are you, stupid?’ Foster Williams asks. Foster Williams always asks me if I’m stupid even though I’ve told him I have one of the highest IQs in the state for m...
But is anyone listening to me? No. Is anyone calling to check on me? No. England could fall off the map and you’d all just smile and keep playing soccer.Jane Iranian Life shouldn’t be hard. ‘If it wasn’t like that, though,’ Dad said last night before he turned off my light, ‘how would anyone real...
“This place,” I say to Charlie. “Tell me there’s somewhere other than here.” She doesn’t tell me to have a little patience. She doesn’t tell me I’ll get the things I want when I’m older. She tells me what I want to hear and then says to sit outside. She makes me chips and says, “When you want som...