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“It's a basic, elemental universe, one of the last remaining zones where violence and domination sort out who is top dog. That's football's glory, and its curse. The game of football doesn't transfer well to the real world. You can't treat your friends, neighbors, or loved ones the way you treat your opponent on the football field.”

Source: Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond

“I don't like comparisons with football. Baseball is an entirely different game. You can watch a tight, well-played football game,but it isn't exciting if half the stadium is empty. The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.”

“If intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field of nonviolence.”

Ifs Play Violence Fields Intellect Nonviolence

Book:Gandhi on Non-violence

Source: Gandhi on Non-violence

“In football, you're taught to react by being aggressive, taught to react with violence. If you can't separate that on the field and off the field, you're going to be in a lot of trouble in your life.”

Ifs Violence Trouble Fields Football Taught Aggressive And Off

Author:Troy Polamalu

“On the field is a place where you can just let it loose and react to everything with violence.”

Violence Fields

Author:Troy Polamalu

“My oldest brother was stabbed thirty to forty times and strangled to death with his own belt when I was eight years old. Much of my life has been pockmarked with violence. So I had a natural interest in the topic, along with a strong home-field advantage.”

Years Has Beens Home Strong Interest Natural Violence Fields Brother Advantage Eight Thirty Forty Topics Belts

Author:Jim Goad