Famous quotes containing the words european and/or football:
“What is the first thing that savage tribes accept from Europeans nowadays? Brandy and Christianity, the European narcotics.And what is it that most rapidly leads to their destruction?The European narcotics.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“People stress the violence. Thats the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it theres a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. Theres a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, theres a satisfaction to the game that cant be duplicated. Theres a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
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