American life Quote by George Will

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

— George Will

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

— Anonymous

Football features two of the worst aspects of American life, violence and committee meetings.

— George F Wil

“Football is violence and cold weather and college rye. ”

— Roger Kahn

“Football is not a matter of life and death... it's much more important than that.”

— Bill Shankly

“[Football] has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in…

— George Orwell

“He poses the existential question of the modern soccer hooligan: “If football violence doesn’t take place in the stadium, is it even football violence?”

— Franklin Foer

“football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”

— vince lombardi

“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 is brutality. Football is career-ending, life-threatening injury just by stepping on the field.

— Rush Limbaugh

Football is a violent game. We are violent men.

— Will Shields

“However, football has a life of its own and it seems to outlive us all, even the most influential and historic figures and powerful…

— Brian Belton