American Football Players

Famous quotes containing the words american, football and/or players:

    “If Shakespeare has not been equalled, he is sure to be surpassed, and surpassed by an American born now or yet to be born.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “In this dream that dogs me I am part
    Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
    Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
    All moving the same way.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out [a] line. My answer hath been, “Would he had blotted a thousand.””
    —Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)