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American Football Quotes

Wally Schirra quote: "I played English football - soccer - instead of American..."
I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment. Wally Schirra
I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only two teams in the league because of the limited amount of Americans. Greg Kinnear
Who but the sports-mad [Norman] Mailer would liken the battle between God and the Devil to a game of American football? The contest, for sure, has with [sic] own laws (so that after God and the Devil 'tackle a guy, they don't kick him in the head'), but each side is not above cheating—with God breaking the rules occasionally by throwing in 'a miracle'. Strangely, Mailer doesn’t mention Jesus in this agonising analogy, but then the notion of the 'super-sub' may be an image too far even for him. Christopher Hitchens
In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland. The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really catch on. When I was a kid, though, I became a big Miami Dolphins fan. I don't really know why - I just liked the logo, I guess. I didn't really know what was going on. Kevin McKidd
Sting quote: "I don't understand American football at all. It looks like..."
I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets. Sting
I don't like American football. I think it's boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It's played on a diamond. Jim Jarmusch
And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled. Parminder Nagra
George Will quote: "Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It..."
Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. George Will
Baseball, football, basketball - these quintessentially American pastimes are recognizably sports because they involve play: they are games. One plays football, one doesn't play boxing...The boxing match is the very image, the more terrifying for being so stylized, of mankind's collective aggression; its ongoing historical madness. Joyce Carol Oates
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life. Pete Rozelle
There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succeed, anybody can play, but you've got to work hard to do it. Dean Cain

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