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Football is like war. It's about taking territory.

— Condoleezza Rice

Football is a competition to see who's the best, not a battle. It's not a war. When it ends, we're still alive.

— Thiago Alcantara

Professional football is no longer a game. It's a war. And it brings out the same primitive instincts that go back thousands of years.

— Malcolm Allison

“[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

Football can help carve a more diverse world.

— Clarence Seedorf

Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

— Rinus Michels

Football has this ability to unite and create something more than just a spectacle as a sport.

— Angelos Postecoglou

Football has a way of bringing people together and gives young people a focus and a strong sense of community, discipline, and respect.

— Victor Wanyama

I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many…

— Vicente del Bosque

Football is a thinly disguised re-enactment of hunting; we played it before we were human.

— Carl Sagan

I'm not claiming that football is the nation's salvation in this area, but it's one of them, one little thing that apparently has captured…

— Pete Rozelle

We have professional football, but we also have a beautiful game which, wherever you go, can be used as a social tool for change.…

— Juan Mata