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		My father, Tommy, who was a trained draughtsman, played for Preston North End in the Finney era. He liked football but did not love it as I do.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mark Lawrenson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When you think of Baltimore, you think of football. You don't think of anything else. This is what I want. I've always wanted it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eric Weddle
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I was totally into football, totally into mainstream sports my whole life...The media has tried to categorize me, call me a hippie, call me alternative. I work hard. My social life and beliefs don't get in the way of my training.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Gabe Jennings
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Joe Nichols
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Marta Vieira da Silva
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Danny McBride
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Aaron Rodgers
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I definitely grew up as a small-town... I guess you could call it the 'small-town football player,' according to the stereotype. I wasn't involved in music at all.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Sam Hunt
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		With the club now in administration and concern about where the money for land sale has gone, I know there are huge commercial difficulties to be resolved, but I hope that football will once again become the most important issue.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anne Campbell
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There's still prejudice and that resistance regarding women, not only on female football but in various activities. Men think that women are a bit fragile to perform some types of activities or don't have the ability and aren't strong enough.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Marta Vieira da Silva
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Xavi
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football. We want to hear that Africans can do well, and Africans do well.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Yaya Toure