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“I have never played against anybody like that in my life and I was pleased to be taken off.”

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Cristiano Ronaldo, born on February 5, 1985, is a world-renowned soccer player from Portugal. Known for his exceptional skills, goal-scoring ability, and leadership, Ronaldo is considered one of the greatest footballers in history. more

“The function of football, soccer, basketball and other passion-sports in modern industrial society is the transference of boredom, frustration, anger and rage into socially acceptable forms of combat. A temporary substitute for war; for nationalism; identification with something bigger than the self.”

War Self Form Passion Sports Modern Football Basketball Function Bigger Rage Soccer Boredom Frustration Nationalism Substitutes Temporary Combat Acceptable Identification Transference

Author:Edward Abbey

“I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions and collide. Besides, I have contempt for a game in which players have to wear so much equipment. Men play basketball in their underwear, which seems just right to me.”

Thinking Men Two Play Seems Games Player Football Basketball Approach Opposites Contempt Equipment Underwear American Football Collide Tractors

Book:Living Out Loud

Source: Living Out Loud

“I give so much of myself on Sunday. I drain all the life out of myself out there. I get paid to play, to win, to give the city pride, so maybe everybody can forget for a little while how hard life is.”

Giving Littles Hard Play Life Is Winning Forget Cities Football Pride Paid Sunday Drains Hard Life Play To Win

Author:Randall Cunningham

“Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football is a metaphor for America's sinfulness.”

America Sin Football Citizens Metaphor Respectable Sinfulness Sociologists

Book:The pursuit of happiness, and other sobering thoughts

Source: The pursuit of happiness, and other sobering thoughts

“As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a bloody and murdering practise than a fellowly sport or pastime.”

Kind May Play Fighting Sports Football Protest Friendly Bloody Recreation Pastime Practise

Author:Philip Stubbs

“A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks there, the artillery and air force over there.”

Force Air Team Football Army Troops Tanks Football Team Air Force Artillery

Author:Ted Solotaroff

“Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self-determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is the emotion that galvanizes the backs and receivers.”

Self Simple Emotion Football Series Complicated Factors Motivated Humiliation Receiver Lineman Linemen

Author:Merlin Olsen

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