“The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.”
“Football season is over. No More Games.”
Suicide note (20 February 2005)
2000s
Context: Football season is over. No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt.
“Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.”
“Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.”
As quoted in Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988) by Neil Gaiman
“Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.”
Great Quotes from Great Sports Heroes (1997) by Peggy Anderson, p. 35
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Tottenham 2-2 Arsenal (25 April 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3650757.stm
Interviews
“If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.”
“I once admitted—to my shame—
That football was a brutal game.
Because She hates it.”
To Anthea, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Dan Shaughnessy (September 7, 1997) "There'll Be No Bird Watching", Boston Globe, p. D1.
