Ann McKee Quotes

The country is the people.

For me, football is more than a sport, just look at the impact it has on society.

I live in Budapest and saw how the football helped the Hungarian people to be happy.

I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is.

Football can generate excitement and bring people together.

[Commenting on football:] To see some of our best-educated boys spending the afternoon knocking each other down, while thousands cheer them on, hardly gives a picture of a peace-loving nation.

Where there is bread, there is my country. (Ubi est pane, ibi est patria.)

I love how professional sports unite a city and a group of people.

A football team is really just a reflection of society. You've got 118, 120 guys on the team, you got a little bit of everything.

Some people don't understand that football is universal. It doesn't have a race or nationality. It's one group of people.

Football is a party for everyone to enjoy and be part of.

Which player isn't motivated about playing in the World Cup?

In England, football is important for everybody.

It's more than a game. It's an institution.

Football has very direct and strong connections to New Orleans. The game of football has served as a positive beacon in our city. It has given our citizens hope in tough, trying times.

The national team comes before everything.

There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.

In football, you're like brothers.

Soccer is a magical game.

Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded that belonging here has never been about blood or genes. It's simply about being at home on this discrete island and being aware of the privileges and responsibilities that brings.

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory.

Show me the race or nation without a flag, and I will show you a people without any pride.

Something has been lost, a special feeling of patriotism, of belonging, is vanishing.

Football was always big in my family.