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Delia Smith Author
Soccer

"A message to the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let's be having you. Come on!"

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Billie Jean King Tennis Player
Soccer

"I think if you're put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they're on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun."

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Alton Brown Chef, Television Personality
Soccer

"Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice."

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor, Bodybuilder, Politician
Soccer

"When I was playing soccer at the age of 14, the first thing we'd do before going out onto the field would be to climb up on one another's thighs and massage the legs; it was a regular thing. None of us had a thought of being gay, absolutely not, and it's the same with most bodybuilders."

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Andy Hunter Musician
Soccer

"United have spent all season commemorating the 50th anniversary of Busby's decision to defy the Football League and take the club on a tragic and triumphant journey into Europe, but no orchestrated event could conjure the celebrations ignited by last night's outstanding obliteration of Roma or deliver a more fitting tribute."

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Vanilla Ice Rapper
Soccer

"I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent."

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Simon Barnes Journalist
Soccer

"Football is based on desperation. All clubs are desperate in one form or another - desperate to succeed, desperate to survive, desperate to stay where they are, desperate that things get no worse, desperate to arrest the slide."

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