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“Billy tries to imagine the vast systems that support these athletes. They are among the best-cared for creatures in the history of the planet, beneficiaries of the best nutrition, the latest techno...”
“If he could do one thing, he could run. He had spent his life running, secrets spitting at his back.”
“Football is the poetry of a motion.”
“There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they were allergic to the water or vice versa.”
“If you're ashamed to stand by your colours, you better seek for another flag.”
“I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.”
“Football is unconditional love.”
“When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.”
“For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season!”
“I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.”
“I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.”
“Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.”
“Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.”
“I like sports. I'm a big football fan. When I was a kid, I was a... I don't even know how to describe it... I was an obsessed Brooklyn Dodgers fan. And I think when they left Brooklyn, which was si...”
“Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.”
“It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.”
“I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a hous...”
“The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand.”
“When I was a kid, I did many sports. Judo, like my dad, but also volleyball, handball, and gymnastics. We never played much football.”
“I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.”
