We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There seems to be this thing in football where everything has to be... now!
I'm not claiming that football is the nation's salvation in this area, but it's one of them, one little thing that apparently has captured the imagination of a large sector of our society. But when football can't be a relatively pure outlet, a fun thing, then it hurts itself.
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and the manager, between us and loads of people who don't seem to matter. It's constant and harsh sometimes.
Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.
Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.
Football can generate excitement and bring people together.
I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.
When I had people scratchin' my shorts a bit, it played better. We lost a bit of that in all the personnel changes and it's an element we need to get back.
There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe.