I'm a 1960 baby, and since I can recall, football has been…

Envy is the central fact of American life.

— Gore Vidal

I'm Mexican-American, but I grew up with a normal American life. I don't have a low rider. I drive a Honda. I guess I…

— Snow Tha Product

A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a word about it.

— Michael Baumgartner

That's football. It's like in any walk of life: you get some people who are going to try more than others.

— Robert Green

Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

— Rinus Michels

I play football; I do what I like.

— Paul Pogba

Iniesta is my ideal player. I've watched him throughout my career and hoped to be like him. It's fun to watch him play and…

— Shinji Kagawa

Bayern play the kind of football I like to play, and have already had a lot of success.

— Kingsley Coman

I like English football, Spanish football, Italian football. I like all of them.

— Hulk

My father said, 'You're not going to make it.' That took a lot of pressure from me. I took football like a hobby.

— Per Mertesacker

Football is like war. It's about taking territory.

— Condoleezza Rice

Football is like hunting. One second can change it all, but it's not just any second, it's a flash. The prey is there and…

— Diego Simeone

Sometimes I wake up and I think, where did my memory go? But at the same time, I signed up for it. Football has…

— Ed Reed

Football is like recreation for me. I'd sooner be playing five-a-side than going out to eat or shopping.

— Lukas Podolski

I'm from Italy, the home of Vivaldi, Rossini, Puccini. When I stopped playing and became a manager, football became like a beautiful piece of…

— Claudio Ranieri