I was pretty wild as a kid. Football tamed me. It put me on the right path, got me focused.
FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal.
Wenger is a legend for Arsenal. He changed the game in England and he changed how Arsenal look.
I'm working seven days a week in the fall. I couldn't possibly keep that up. This is only for the fall. In the last couple of years I've tended to do most of my serious writing in the winter, when there's nothing going on with football.
When the President of the United States comes out and says, 'If I had boys, I wouldn't let them play tackle football,' that's a big punch to the gut for our sport.
I take pride in the fact that people go home having felt that for 90 minutes today, life is beautiful - and that's it, basically. That's why professional football exists.
I feel like I'm a better person without the game of football. I'm happier.
An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.
People always talk about Ronaldinho, and everything but I didnt see him today - I saw Henrik Larsson. Two times he came on - he changed the game, that is what killed the game - sometimes you talk about Ronaldinho and Etoo and people like that, you need to talk about the proper footballer who made the difference and that was Henrik Larsson tonight
Nothing about football is underrated.
I would say that I am having less sex now that I’m playing in Serie B – there is more to think about in this division.
After Euro 2008, football in England was shattered for a bit, and people were losing interest in following England.
Gradually, football has seen its appeal slip at the most basic levels. Pediatricians are advising parents not to let young children play organized football too early in life.
I respect his decisions, but football without Messi is not football. It is very hard to imagine football without him.
This stadium is the history of football, the most important arena in Italy. Stepping into San Siro always has an effect on you.
Ronaldo leaving would seem to have ended the competition between Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo because people rarely mention one without mentioning the other. A lot of people are interested - me, too - to see how it will affect Real Madrid's football and what they might do in the transfer market.
The impact of Luis Enrique has been very positive. He has very clear ideas about football and we've absorbed them.
As much as football can cause war, it can also cause peace. Football is a kind of Geiger counter of civilisation, or a catalyst for good as well as bad.
I'm conscious to know and understand what's going on with the game and what comes from the game and what's life after football.
Thanks to football my family are able to live well.
Football can make things different, and football can make change around the world. I hope football can do something for Korea.
I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter.
Football really has saved my family and it's true that it saves a lot of families in Africa. It gives us the means to be able to give a better life to our loved ones.
The Bundesliga is the league that made me, and it changed my life.
The small teams are playing well. That's visible, and it has had an impact on German football.
