Romesh Ranganathan Quotes

We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now.

My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city; he had no choice.

My father is a huge fan! As far back as I can remember, he has been talking about them. Before I even knew what Liverpool was as a kid, he was mad about them.

My family have always been West Ham fans, so growing up, I used to go and watch them, and so I was a West Ham supporter.

My dad was a diehard Cowboys fan. I was raised as a Cowboy fan, and I was forced to be a Cowboy fan.

I've been an Arsenal fan since I was a kid.

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.

My mum and dad teach, and all my brothers and sisters have been in 'Riverdance' and so forth. So I was forced to become a dancer; it's part of my family history.

My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York.

My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled.

My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.

My mother was a huge Steelers fan, so they were my team growing up.

The majority of my family is Auburn fans, and I grew up watching Auburn football, and that's always who I've cheered for.

Almost any American can connect on some level to a family background of having come across some ocean. They say, 'My great-grandparents came from wherever... this is why we have this last name, why we do this thing at Christmas.' All the details get watered down but don't quite disappear.

Years after my parents made the United States their home, I had the joy of traveling to the Dominican Republic with my kids. They saw where it all started and how their grandparents' values survived and thrived in America.

I am a Spurs fan as well, don't forget.

My dad was the biggest Alabama fan ever, and I was brainwashed.

My love for Arsenal dates back to when I went to watch them play with the then-largest shareholder David Dein. I developed a likeness for the team, and I have been a supporter of the team since then.

As little boys, my brother and I used to spend hours with my grandmother, asking her about the details of how she came to America. She could only give us a smattering of details, but they all found their way into our collective imagination, eventually becoming a part of our own cultural identity and connection to the past.

I was a Sheffield United fan from when my grandad, who's sadly passed away now, got a season ticket for me when I was four.

I've been a Corinthians fan since I was little, even before I played there, my family also supports the club.

I used to watch Manchester United a lot when David Beckham was there, but not any more now he's gone.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

Music always lived with me, like a family tradition.