Some of football's gaudiest displays of manliness are purely aesthetic. It's not what players do, it's how they look doing it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You have different sorts of people in life, so why should it be any different in football?
Footballers are the most vulnerable people. They exude confidence, but inside, they're so lacking in confidence. They know they can lose form or be injured. This profession is so insecure, you wouldn't believe it.
Football is such a great game, but football players are so dull.
People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played.
There's so much built-up camaraderie and sacrifice, and football is such a tough man's game. I think that's why it's so popular. That's why so many blue-collar communities and people can really feel attracted to this because it is a blue-collar struggle that football players go through.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.
When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football.
Taking them out of the picture, so to speak, what football really is, the savagery, the core root of football, it doesn't change. It really puts the real in football.
In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.