“(The paradox of Italian soccer). As everyone knows, Italian men are the most foppish representatives of their sex on the planet. They smear on substantial quantities of hair care products and expend considerable mental energies color-coordinating socks with belts. Because of their dandyism, the world has Vespa, Prada, and Renzo Piano. With such theological devotion to aesthetic pleasure, it is truly perplexing that their national style of soccer should be so devoid of this quality.” FootballSoccerItaly Book:How Soccer Explains the World Source: How Soccer Explains the World
“Globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.” FactsFundamentalsSoccerConcreteGlobalizationStadiums Author:Franklin Foer
“Most of the time the concept of globalization ends up sounding unnecessarily abstruse - even the name itself sounds clunky and highfalutin. And people discuss it in a way that makes it seem so impersonal. But globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.” PeopleSoccerConcreteGlobalization Author:Franklin Foer
“Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community's fabric, a repository of traditions.” FeltCommunityBuddhismTraditionSoccerFabric Author:Franklin Foer
