“There's an invisible army of woman and men who really don't get why we give so much of ourselves to football. And they need to SPEAK UP.” MenNeedsGivingSpeakFootballMen And WomenArmyInvisible Author:Steve Almond
“Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.” WarStatesGamesTeamFieldsFootballDespairGloryArmyTexasBannerFootball GameInspirational TeamTravels With Charley Book:Travels with Charley in Search of America Source: Travels with Charley in Search of America
“We were defined by what we did. What we had to do. I think this is why guys like football, and why they join the army, because as long as you are playing the game or following orders you do not have to figure out who you really are.” ThinkingLongGuyOrderGamesFiguresFootballArmyFollowingDefinedJoining The ArmyFollowing Orders Author:Pete Hautman
“Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many rooms, a watchmaker who left his prize chronometer in the desert, someone who loves you - even, perhaps, against all evidence, a celestial being whose only interest is to make sure your football team, army, business, or marriage thrives, prospers, and triumphs over all opposition.” DreamFatherHouseLeftInterestRoomsCitiesTeamLove YouFootballEvidenceArmyMetaphorDefinitionsDesertTriumphOppositionThrivePrizeCelestialFootball TeamAmerican Gods Author:Neil Gaiman
“We heard the army before we saw it. The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.” SawsHeardFansFootballArmyEnglandCrowdsNoisePatriotStadiumsNew EnglandCannonsChargingBazookas Author:Rick Riordan