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I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.

I played in three countries. I played in two World Series. But I never found anything to match the joy and the laughter those years with the Eagles brought me. The city and county loved us.

In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.

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.

I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.

We've performed in South America and in Japan.

It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America.

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

Why is playing football in Europe considered the pinnacle of our game, yet in other spheres of life, that same phrase - 'being in Europe' - is dismissed with suspicion?

I played professional hockey in Europe. I played in the German third league and the Dutch elite league.