Any Given Sunday
Weekly gridiron uncertainty
Any Given Sunday captures the idea that in competition, especially professional football, any team can beat any other on a particular day.
The phrase acknowledges that underdogs sometimes win and favorites sometimes lose—outcomes aren't predetermined by rankings or records.
It extends beyond sports to any situation where results are unpredictable: It's any given Sunday in this business; a small startup can outperform the giants.
The 1999 film of this title, about professional football, helped popularize the expression.
- footballField sport with goals
- PacinoItalian-American film legend
- locker roomShared space for dressing
- locker room speechCoach's motivational address to players
- inch by inchIn tiny successive stages
Jamie Foxx · Cameron Diaz · gridiron · NFL · touchdown · coach · halftime · fourth quarter · speech · intensity · sweat · helmet · tackle · rivalry · game day · blood · glory · pressure
- Sports FilmsRocky, Rudy, Hoosiers, The Natural, Field of Dreams
- Oliver StonePlatoon, JFK, Wall Street, Natural Born Killers, Nixon
Any Given Sundaysure thing
Guaranteed outcome or agreement
foregone conclusion · certainty · lock · done deal · no contest
given, Sunday, give, gives, giving, giver, givers, forgive, forgiven