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“I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in half, cut the edges to make a little eight-page booklet, break it up into squares and put in little stick men with little speech bubbles, and I'd have a spy story, a space story and a football story.”

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Author:Ian Rankin

“I've cut my teeth as a coach with some great head coaches and some great co-workers and I have been very lucky to have learned a lot of football from all of the above.”

Has Beens Cutting Football Lucky Workers Coaches Teeth Co Worker Head Coaches

Author:Mike Tice

“I've told him to cut off his ponytail. I think it makes him less aerodynamic.”

Thinking Cutting Football Managers Soccer Chairman Ponytails

Author:Arsene Wenger

“I always keep moments that were defining for me in my past and challenged me in my past - from getting evicted out of my apartment when I was 14 years old, to being cut from the CFL [Canadian Football League] and only having 7 bucks in my pocket, to bouts with depression - I keep moments like that very close to me because it continues to be great motivators for me. It helps keep me grounded, and it's a good reminder of how things work, and I never want to go back to that.”

Want Years Moments Helping Past Cutting Football League Pockets Apartment Grounded Reminders Defining Bucks My Past

Author:Dwayne Johnson

“Al Toon, who had his football career cut short because of multiple concussions, hopes his son follows in his footsteps.”

Careers Cutting Football Son Als Multiple Footsteps Concussions

Author:Dave Pasch

“There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.”

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Author:Frank Lampard

“I was a football player. I liked it a lot...unfortunately that's where I first wrecked my knees. Playing high school football, getting cut across the knees. They haven't healed since. Back then they didn't have the surgery techniques that they have now.”

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Author:Mark Mendoza

“I don't play anymore because I can't play anymore and I retired when I was playing for Chelsea because the doctor had to cut my leg in two parts so this is why I retired. I started going to the gym recently and my knee started to hurt again, so you can imagine what it would be like if I tried to play! I play football on the beach with my daughters and my friends but that's it.”

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Author:Emmanuel Petit

“Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.”

Cutting Football Perspective Hung Good Sense Pro Football

Author:Jack Kemp

“Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.”

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“That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.”

Thinking School Night Practice Cutting Football High School Smell Smoke Grass Friday August Stadiums Cigar Popcorn Friday Night Happy Friday

Author:Garth Brooks