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All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.

Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.

In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.

The thing about sport, any sport, is that swearing is very much part of it.

A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.

Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!