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		You do a deal - business deal, real estate deal, stock deal - protect yourself at all times. I got that from boxing. That's from A to Z: that covers everything in life. And it started when I heard it in the ring. They don't say that in basketball or football or any other sport that I know of but boxing.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bernard Hopkins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When I was at drama school, I was totally broke, and a lot of my mates had jobs and were financially very good to me, so if, for example, I take them away on a trip to a football match in Europe, it means that I can pay them back a bit.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				James Nesbitt
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If you take golf, you have a teacher for the drive, a teacher for the approach play, and a teacher for the putt. That's three specialist coaches for one player. In football, one coach looks after 25 players.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Johan Cruyff
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If you'd rather go to the football game than read a comic, that's fine. I'd rather do both.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				S. Robson Walton
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Keyshawn Johnson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to let go is your self-image. That's what I'm working on now.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ricky Williams
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Lynn Swann
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It's coming home to finish what I started. I left coaching, but I've never left the game of football. When the job opened up, I wanted to try to be a part of it, because I felt my organization, my football team, needed me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Art Shell
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Most people have wanted me to go back to football. Which is cool, but I think at this point, some things are just more important than football. Football has afforded me an opportunity to take care of my family, to live out a dream, to meet people, to go different places I would never have been able to go. Football has been a huge part of my life. Giving that up isn't an easy thing. But I would rather us live in a country where there is freedom and justice for all than to be catching a touchdown. And like I told my wife, the America that I don't want to live in, is Charlottesville.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anquan Boldin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm not satisfied. I'm still enjoying this. I still feel like I'm in the best part of my career and I can play at a high level. This is what I love to do: playing football and winning games.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Eli Manning
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jose Mourinho
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If you're a man and you've ever been antique shopping during a big football game, you're either gay or married.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jeff Foxworthy