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		When you're growing up, you have your heroes, and you hear about people going off to other countries to play football, but when you're so young, you're not thinking about that. You just play. No referee, no rules.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nwankwo Kanu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not in a million years. I never thought I would play as long as I did, either, seventeen years from start to finish, with stops in Houston, Minnesota, Seattle, and Kansas City. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Moon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Lineker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Iggy Azalea 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Youngblood 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's cool because football, as much as it gives, it takes away a lot, too. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Calvin Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				R. C. Sproul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Lineker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Faith Hill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I wore shorts, and the nurse said to me, in front of all my friends, that I was anorexic and that she had to monitor me to make sure I was eating. Because of that trauma, I never wore short pants or short skirts until I was 20. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hani Furstenberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stages, where we were just hard to look at. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dan Fogler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nobody really doubted me playing football, making it to the NFL. I was like, 'I know I can do that.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nate Robinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zubin Mehta 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work now, people call me 'Chief.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Adam Beach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The game of football is something I dearly love, and there's nothing else I'd rather be doing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Dak Prescott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love milk so much! I make a point of drinking a glass of milk every day. So now anyone who did those milk ads with the milk mustaches, they're my heroes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Portman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hank Azaria 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on 'Hollyoaks.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nathalie Emmanuel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Football is a fertility festival. Eleven sperm trying to get into the egg. I feel sorry for the goalkeeper. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bjork 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Coleman Randolph Hawkins 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Because I spent many years during my previous life as an academic researching game theory, some commentators rushed to presume that as Greece's new finance minister, I was busily devising bluffs, stratagems and outside options, struggling to improve upon a weak hand. Nothing could be further from the truth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yanis Varoufakis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sweeter than the perfume of roses is a reputation for a kind, charitable, unselfish nature; a ready disposition to do to others any good turn in your power. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To understand a literary style, consider what it omits. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mason Cooley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're growing up, you have your heroes, and you hear about people going off to other countries to play football, but when you're so young, you're not thinking about that. You just play. No referee, no rules. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nwankwo Kanu