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> [Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis Bergkamp was playing. He seemed to be able to read the game like a chessboard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-du-sautoy/rather-than-opera-football-is-more-like-ballet-or-a-chess-game-you/)

[Marcus du Sautoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-du-sautoy/)

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> [I had problems with certain players at Arsenal, especially one, whose name I will not say because I don't want to feed the controversy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kolo-toure/i-had-problems-with-certain-players-at-arsenal-especially-one-whose/)

[Kolo Toure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kolo-toure/)

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