Football Quote by Ambrose Bierce

“n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.    ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.”

— Ambrose Bierce

A modern school where football is taught.

— Ambrose Bierce

“The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

— Elbert Hubbard

Football is not a game but a religion, a metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a highly verbalized, disguised society, a throwback of 30,000…

— Arnold J. Mandell

I always considered myself a student of the game of football.

— George Blanda

Beware of the manipulativeness of rich students who were neglected by their parents. They love to turn the campus into hysterical psychodramas of sexual…

— Camille Paglia

After all, is football a game or a religion?

— Howard Cosell

Football gave me discipline, structure, a meaning in life.

— Joey Barton

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy.

— Jack Nicholson

College football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

— Elbert Hubbard

“Football, fraternities, and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn’t be in the university.”

— Robert M. Hutchins