American football Quote by Morgan Freeman

I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.

— Carlos Slim

Football is a universal language.

— Eusebio

I knew very little about Rugby. But, I think it helps in terms of an American audience the game is enough like football in…

— Matt Damon

Like many a Yank before me, I have tried to explain to European friends that Americans actually know soccer quite well, that many of…

— Serge Schmemann

The sports are almost different cultures so saying I prefer one to the other is wrong. Rugby union is guided by a lot of…

— Gareth Thomas

Soccer is the international language. If you bring a soccer ball with you to any other country, you can make friends instantly.

— Josh Blue

Rugby is a different game. There is an interruption every two minutes also in American football. Our soccer is a moving game: play, play,…

— Franz Beckenbauer

The language of football is universal. You don't need to speak the local lingo in order to be able to communicate with a ball.

— Robinho

Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in…

— Junior Seau

I had seen the ethos of rugby, and I was very much an admirer. For us, it's a beautiful sport, what I guess what…

— John Layfield

American leagues - baseball, ice hockey, American football and basketball - you are the best. But in a global sport like soccer, you're not.

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball. I played…

— Patrick Soon-Shiong