“The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it football.”

“I never read the paper myself. Why bother? It's the same old shit day in and day out, dictators beating the ching-chong out of people weaker than they are, men in uniforms beating the ching-chong out of soccer balls or footballs, politicians kissing babies and kissing ass.”

“Tell her I got detention for defending her honour," Alec shouted in the distance."Did he really?""Well, he got detention, but mostly for calling Akira a close-minded troglodyte," she said.”

“Some people would call what I do to Jack bullying, but you have to understand that I’ve known him since elementary school. We have a connection.”

“A football could be swapped out for a brick, to make family reunion football games more fun. But I’m calling it right now: I get to be quarterback.
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“You really get to meet people on such a personal level. There's a real bonding in someone beating the crap out of you.”