Quote by Simon Kuper Download Open image ““Apparently the Germans had a database of 13,000 kicks.”” — Simon Kuper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“We had a friendly conversation, the man shook my hand, told me to keep my spirits up........ The next day......He stared ahead as he… — Victor Klemperer Copy Share Image
“the millions of shells, rather than destroying German defenses, had churned the ground between the attackers and the defenders into a boot-sucking bog.” — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
“The German organized plundering, planned it, disciplined it, and made it official just as he organized everything else, and then he compiled the most… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“The Germans puzzled me. What a waste. Was such a destitute, cruel world worth ruling?” — Jerzy Kosiński Copy Share Image
“Football is a simple game; twenty-two men chase a ball for ninety minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.” — George Vecsey Copy Share Image
“I don't fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks but the man who has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times!” — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
“On the ration cards of Nazi Germany, there was no listing for punishment, but everyone had to take their turn. For some it was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The handful of Germans who had reached the trench had been sacrificed for the stupid sort of fun called. Strategy, probably. Stupid! . .… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
“It’s a common slander of the Jews, but it’s no slander of a huge fraction of the Germans. They went like sheep to the… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“The Germans have removed, murdered or burned alive tens of thousands of Jews. Out of the three million Polsih Jews, no more than 10… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“The theory of the “wisdom of crowds” says that if you aggregate many different opinions from a diverse group of people, you are much… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“It’s sad to say, but it is much easier selling, for example, a crap Brazilian than a brilliant Mexican. The Brazilian gets across the… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Entrepreneurs who dip into soccer also keep making the same mistakes. They buy clubs promising to run them “like a business” and disappear a… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that just as… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in questionable privatisations… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Aulas spotted early that most soccer fans everywhere are much more like shoppers than like religious believers: if they can get a better experience… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“you are brought face to face with the great question about the soccer coach: Does he really matter? It turns out that coaches or… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Stars of Recent World Cups, or European Championships Are Overvalued The worst time to buy a player is in the summer when he’s just… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“Because soccer clubs are the only businesses that get daily publicity without trying to, they treat journalists as humble supplicants instead of as unpaid… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
