I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault - they watched the foot come towards their face.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've seen elbows that broke eye sockets. I've seen a German goalkeeper just level a French guy. His teammates thought he was dead lying on the ground. This was in 1982 at my first World Cup. But a bite is outside any kind of contact collision: dirty foul play. A bite is a bite.
People get hurt all the time in the game of football, it's part of what we do.
That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.'
I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?
I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.
How much abuse is a fighter expected to endure before he can be allowed to show some concern for his own welfare? Anyone who has been around fighters knows they all share the same secret: They are more afraid of embarrassment and humiliation than injury. Do fans and writers use this fact against them in what we celebrate or criticize?
Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.
As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.
When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.
I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.