Danny Boyle Quotes
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We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.
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The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.
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Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
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It's cool because football, as much as it gives, it takes away a lot, too.
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The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came.
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.
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It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.
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I love the game so much. I've been penalized. I've been fined. I have some regrets in my career. But for those four hours on Sunday, you can be free and just let it all go. Retiring had nothing to do with football; it had to do with my family.
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Football has been everything to me since I was 10 years old.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.
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Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
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Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.
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In my 20 years in football, I was fortunate enough never to have experienced relegation. And while there is the pressure of expectations at the top of the league, at the bottom it comes in fear and trepidation, which is almost worse.
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My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.
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I hate being in Los Angeles when it's football season. I want to be in New York. It just doesn't feel right if I'm away.
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The game of football is something I dearly love, and there's nothing else I'd rather be doing.
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I just don't really think about death.
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I am a happier person living in a country which has surplus of everything rather than shortages.
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Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
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On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.
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What I wanted to do in talking about basketball in 'Hoop Roots' was retrieve the game as something to participate in, not to watch.
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I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket.
