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the Football

«Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn't seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.»
«If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there.»
«Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.»
«A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.»
«In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.»
«Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.»
«Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up -- from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's OK You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.»
«If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate in placing the football first beyond one goal and then beyond the other, no one's happiness would be increased»
«In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard.»
«Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things-blocking and tackling.»