Alive Quote by 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 is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

— Rinus Michels

The battle is long, but that's football, sport.

— Claudio Ranieri

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

— Condoleezza Rice

Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.

— Bud Wilkinson

Football is a direct reflection of life. There are wins, there are losses; you get knocked down, you get back up.

— Chris Spielman

Football offers us a sanitized spectacle of combat that has a clear resolution, which we need more and more today given our incoherent overseas…

— Steve Almond

Football doesn't last forever.

— Patrick Chung

Life doesn't stop with football,

— Barry Sanders

Football is a game.

— Eric Reid

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

— Frank Gifford

International football is the continuation of war by other means.

— George Orwell