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Source: The Sayings of Disraeli

“England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.”

Source: Poetical works

“Every American travelling in England gets his own individual sport out of the toy passenger and freight trains and the tiny locomotives, with their faint, indignant, tiny whistle. Especially in western England one wonders how the business of a nation can possibly be carried on by means so insufficient.”

Mean Individual Nations Sports Wonder England Train Western Tiny Toys Passengers Insufficient Indignant Locomotives

Book:The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902

Source: The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902

“There are ... other business societies - England, Holland, Belgium and France, for instance. But ours [the United States] is the only culture now extant in which business so completely dominates the national scene that sports, crime, sex, death, philanthropy and Easter Sunday are money-making propositions.”

States Culture Sex Sports United United States Crime Scene England Instance France Making Money Sunday Philanthropy Easter Propositions Belgium Holland Easter Sunday

Book:The Folks at Home

Source: The Folks at Home

“I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in the NFL and professional lacrosse for the Boston Blazers. I had an injury, so I had to stop so I could heal. But when I was playing football, I wasn't making a lot of money; I wasn't a superstar.”

“When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.”

Thinking Done Sports Goal England Remains

Author:Jose Bergamin

“People in New England think that the Red Sox won that series, three games to four.”

People Thinking Three Games Sports Four Red England Series New England

Author:Carlton Fisk

“There's no doubt that he's the biggest sports star in the world now. (on David Beckham)”

World Stars Sports Doubt England No Doubt Beckham Sports Stars

Author:Nick Hornby

“I will openly admit that I've never really followed hockey. Given my New England upbringing, I have always adhered to the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins mantra of professional sports fandom, but hockey was definitely the lowest sport on the totem pole - even when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.”

Given Sports Red England Cups Hockey Patriot Lowest Upbringing Mantras New England Stanley Totems Professional Sports Stanley Cup Fandoms Bruins

Author:Rachel Nichols

“We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.”

Mean Might Sports Team England Treated Captains

Author:David Beckham

“New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball, but all sports. But Red Sox Nation is Red Sox Nation.”

Nations Sports Fans New York Red Baseball England Knowledgeable Ardent New England

Author:Dick Williams

“And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.”

People Knows Heart Body Dies Sports Leadership Blood Kings Battle Weak England Lays Kingdoms Dust Heat Midst Honour Recreation

Author:Elizabeth I

“As you travel around medieval England you will come across a sport described by some contemporaries as 'abominable ... more common, undignified and worthless than any other game, rarely ending but with some loss, accident or disadvantage to the players themselves'. This is football.”

Games Sports Loss Common Player Football England Accidents Worthless Medieval Disadvantages

Author:Ian Mortimer

“Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.”

Hard Sports Parent Simple Hard Work Expectations England Athlete Luxury Bleak Life Is Hard Hard Life Rugged

Author:Roger Bannister

“My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.”

Country Running America Sports Crosses England Athlete Track Backgrounds Racing Introduction Cross Country Running Motivational Cross Country Running

Author:Roger Bannister

“Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day.”

Kids Sports Parent Football England Fats Optimistic Soccer Comedian Supporter Humorists Funny Jokes Soccer Team Blind Optimism Fat Kid

Author:John Bishop

“You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there”

People Years Two Care Sports Dark Week Cold England Champion Tennis Two Weeks Great Love Great Tennis

Author:Monica Seles

“There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen.”

Ifs Doe Happens Would Be Sports Responsibility Huge England Disaster

Author:Rio Ferdinand

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