Football is full of different characters but there are perhaps none who have a split personality quite like Jose Mourinho, as I can testify from personal experience.
Power is only too happy to make football bear a diabolical responsibility for stupefying the masses.
I am fascinated by English football.
Wherever I go, I see kids playing football. Even if there is no grass and it's just sweaters for goals, you see how people love football.
Generally I always take genuine criticism. It's part of football.
You travel, and there's Eagles fans everywhere.
It is a privilege for me to serve the NFL. It is the only place I have ever wanted to work.
Do I like most footballers? Not really. Joe Hart, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Joleon Lescott, Gabby Agbonlahor and a group of the guys at Villa - good people.
At one time, watching football was an event. Monday Night Football was a big event.
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
I like the style of football in England and the style of Arsenal, and I'm very happy to play in the Premier League.
I was here at Spurs as a kid, too, and I cleaned David Ginola and David Howells boots. I got a nice tip of £60 from each of them at Christmas. Howells was quick to give me this but I had to ask Les Ferdinand to explain to Ginola about our boot etiquette and the tradition of tipping at Christmas. Everyone wanted to clean Les Ferdinand s boots because he was the best tipper. He gave out £100 one year.
Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore
At Bayern, the people in charge are football men. I always appreciated that.
This is football, man. We all sign up to get hit.
I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.
I'm a tough guy, but I'm a good guy, I'm durable because when you play football they want you being tough, not just because you sprain your ankle crying "Mama, mama!"
Often, I allow teammates to take my penalties so they can have goals, but no one talks of that.
Every league has its own culture, its own identity, and its own type of football. It's very physical in England, but technical skill comes to the fore in Spain, where everybody wants to play beautiful football. The standards are very high in Germany, too; the teams are physically strong, very disciplined, and very well organised.
Liverpool is a family, it is not a club, you don't come in and out of this club without it leaving a mark.
In Prosper, the city shuts down and everybody goes to the games... Everything shuts down. You're idolized around there... Texas high school football - it's a lifestyle. It's a culture.
I have seen too many of my male friends - no matter whether they're on the football field or inside a church - bash gays and then revel in their machismo or piety.
In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games.
I was born a football player and I love this game.
The European leagues have been there a long time, the coaches have been there, the clubs have been there, there's history to the teams. There's already that football support culture.
