“America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen.” ShouldFactsAmericaPoliticalNationsPayFootballHonorVoteRaisesBillsSurpriseDebtObligationCharlieCeilingsPredictableRantDebt Ceiling Author:Peter Welch
“In the NFL, 31 players have been arrested just since the Super Bowl. In fact, a lot of teams are switching to the no-huddle offense because players aren't allowed to associate with known felons.” Has BeensFactsKnownPlayerTeamFootballNflBowlsOffenseAssociatesArrestedSuper BowlSwitchingFelons Author:Jay Leno
“My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, "It takes a man to play football. And any fool can go up on the stage and make an ass of himself.” MenSaidPlayFactsWantedSchoolFatherLeftStageFootballFoolAssPro Football Author:Bill Cosby
“The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The National Football League] now needs a guardian, not a CEO.” NeedsFactsSportsDealsViolenceFootballLeagueInherentSavagesCeoGuardianPersonnel Author:Frank Deford
“I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists.” PeopleFactsHomeTodayBeautifulLife IsFeltMinutesFootballPrideManagersSoccerChairmanLife Is BeautifulToday Life Author:Arsene Wenger
“He shouldn't have resigned over that game. It was not a bad performance; in fact it was quite a good one for England. I would not have resigned under those circumstances.” FactsGamesFootballCircumstancesPerformancesEnglandManagersSoccerChairmanResignedBad Performance Author:Franz Beckenbauer
“Sven's actual results on the park were not quite good enough to make him a hero, and not quite bad enough to get him the sack, so he left the gentlemen of the press with something of a void. And they abhor a void. Soon the discovery that Sven was in fact a hammer-man of legendary proportions filled the void, until the media came to realise that Sven was that rare thing, a man whose astonishing success with women somehow didn't make him more interesting.” MenEnoughFactsLeftInterestingResultsMediaFootballHeroDiscoveryFilledPressesManagersSoccerGentlemanParksProportionGood EnoughRealisingVoidHammersAstonishingChairmanLegendaryRare Things Author:Declan Lynch
“It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.” WayDifferentWholeFactsGamesSportsLevelsWonderfulSpecialFootballDifferent Levels Author:Frank Gifford
“Alan Smith... very much a striker, by reputation... and by fact” FactsFootballReputationCommentatorsStrikers Author:Peter Drury