#football

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

#book-review #devil #god #jesus #miracles

You don't treat the so-called little people poorly, because we don't have any little people here! The trainers, the managers, the secretaries, the people who work in the dorms and cafeterias and classroom buildings are all professionals, and they're all important or they wouldn't be working for Michigan football. ↗

— Bo Schembechler

#important-people #michigan-football #respect #team #respect

For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#anyway #care #first #football #got

I think if you want to become a great football player, professional, you must give all the time one hundred percent, you must work hard - to be lucky is a good thing - but if you work hard and you give everything you will have great success. ↗

— Greg Akcelrod

#ball player #become #everything #football #football player

The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today's fans. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#built #clear #early #enough #fans

I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing. ↗

— David Beckham

#felt #football #i #i love #job

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you. ↗

— David Beckham

#football #good #life #outside #perfect

I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football. ↗

— Victoria Beckham

#football #goal #i #know #main

When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#catalyst #change #cinema #experience #film

Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper. ↗

— Bjork

#eleven #feel #fertility #festival #football