American Professional Football

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

    “No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other’s consent. I say this is the leading principle—the sheet anchor of American republicanism.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “I hate the whole race.... There is no believing a word they say—your professional poets, I mean—there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.”
    —Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington (1769–1852)

    “Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
    —David Storey (b. 1933)