“I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.” BigsGamesSocialPartyFootballBasketballOccasionsFootball GameBasketball Game Author:Taylor Phinney
“Football was just the playing I enjoyed at first, but the longer you're playing the more it becomes a social event. You meet new people and make new friends. I still know some of the people I played with when I was 11-years-old, which is nice.” PeopleKnowsYearsFirstsStillsSocialNiceEventsFootballEnjoyedNew FriendsMeeting New PeopleSocial Events Author:Hope Powell
“The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want.” WantFirstsHomeCertainIndividualSocialClassIssuesRightsMovementFootballCivil RightsDefinedIntegrationSocial IssuesCivil Rights MovementFirst Class Author:Jim Brown
“Enjoyment of football is part of the social context, and I have lost my faith in this social context.” LostSocialFootballEnjoyment Author:Orhan Pamuk
“I was 10 when I realised I couldn't stand football. I'd tried, obviously, before this - no one wants to give in to social pariah-hood without a fight. I had stood frozen on pitches, done some running about and shouted a lot, as though I cared.” WantGivingDoneRunningFightingSocialFootballFrozenRealisedHoodPariahs Author:Andrew O'Hagan
“In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.” NeedsDifferentChristianSocialPlayerTeamFootballDemocratClubsBoatCoalitionsAnd OffFootball TeamInspirational TeamTeam Player Author:Angela Merkel