I also wanted people to know that football actually started in China almost 3000 years ago.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S. in the middle of 4th grade, I switched to American football and stopped playing competitively until college, when I played intramurals.
If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.
We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
Football has been my life for as long as I can remember.
It is well documented that I am a lifelong football fan. My love of the British game started with the 1966 World Cup.
I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
It's a massive compliment to me to be known in Asia because Asia is the way forward in football, along with the Middle East. I believe that strongly.
I grew up in a generation when there was no soccer on TV.
I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college.
Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school.