"Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening."
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"Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians."
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"The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure."
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"Why do we so mindlessly abuse our planet, our only home? The answer to that lies in each of us. Therefore, we will strive to bring about understanding that we are--each one of us--responsible for more than just ourselves, our family, our football team, our country, or our own kind; that there is more to life than just these things. That each one of us must also bring the natural world back into its proper place in our lives, and realize that doing so is not some lofty ideal but a vital part of our personal survival."
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"What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal."
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"Whoever invented soccer should be worshipped as God."
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"Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it."
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"I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'"
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"The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does."
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"There's no similarity between football and ballet, so this ain't ballet music being played on the field. I'm pumping something that's going to put me in a frame of mind to go to war, and something that's very high tempo and high beat."
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"You can relax more when you're playing a silly character than when you're playing a really rigid character. But to be fair, I think George Clooney is a bigger teenager than any of the 'Twilight' cast. He's the guy throwing a football at your head and then hiding around the corner, pretending it wasn't him!"
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"There's no "I" on the football field. We have a total commitment to each other when we're out there. There is no doubt. It doesn't matter. The wins and losses of the game don't resonate with us. What resonates with us is "how much effort would you give for the man next to you.""
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"For 350 years we have been taught that reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man. Football's place is to add a patina of character, a deference to the rules and a respect for authority."
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"Did you hear charming Karren Brady this morning complaining about sexism? Do me a favour, love."
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"One of these days, someone smarter and younger and more articulate than I is going to get through to the American people just how really messed up the federal government has become. And when that happens, the American people are going to rise up like that football crowd in Cleveland and run both teams off the field."
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"There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted.""
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"In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday."
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"Agents do nothing for the good of football. I'd like to see them lined up against a wall and machine-gunned ?some accountants and solicitors with them."
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"Footballers are no different from human beings."
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"I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr."
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