Famous quotes containing the words english, football and/or player:
“Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majesticallywhile simulating a triumphant march forwardthan it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?”
—Alexander Herzen (18121870)
“In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Libertys torch. In football you run over somebodys face.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)