I played American football, but I did my best work with…

In and of itself, sports may be trivial, but as a symbol of the American way of life, it has enormous weight. We are…

— Thomas Boswell

I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.

— Chita Rivera

I've played American characters so many times now, it's so natural to me. But when I play American, I stay in the American accent…

— Gregg Sulkin

I played American when I was, like, fourteen, and I was awful. I cringed the whole way through.

— Kaya Scodelario

We couldn't get enough of American rock 'n' roll. We'd hear it when we played American air bases in the U.K.

— Dave Clark

I'd always wanted to do something about football, so I did the podcast.

— Bob Mortimer

I was always that fringe guy anyway, the guy who played football and then did the musicals.

— Matt Bomer

It was always academic first, and I always put school work before football - although I did put a lot into football!

— Harry Maguire

Letting go of its good players, like Özil, the ones who know how to play football – that did surprise me.

— Cesar Luis Menotti

With United, we'd all grown up together, we all wanted to win the biggest trophy in football. We did it togther.

— David Beckham

My dad is a fan of football, too, and did a good job of making me understand the history of football.

— Saquon Barkley

I want the players to enjoy their football as much as I did in my career and to make it enjoyable for those who…

— Gianfranco Zola

I wanted to play football. It was what I did best at school and I'm pretty sporty, so that was the idea. Music was…

— Tinchy Stryder

My father, Tommy, who was a trained draughtsman, played for Preston North End in the Finney era. He liked football but did not love…

— Mark Lawrenson

Some of my friends said I wouldn't have a future in football, as did some of my family, but I still believed in the…

— Richarlison