"Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere."

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Source : "Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the US, Japan, Australia, TurkeyÑand Even IraqÑAre Destined to Become the Kings of the WorldÕs Most Popular Sport". Book by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski, August 6, 2009.

Simon Kuper

#Soccer Quotes #Roots Quotes #Fans Quotes

“The question for me is whether we can keep Earth a safe, pleasant place for humankind and the ecosystems we rely on.”
“A lot of foreign people say, when asking about eating habits, 'What is your guilty pleasure?' I have no guilt. Whatever I do, I enjoy and it's the point. I think if you start to feel guilty about it, that's a problem. So, no guilty pleasures. I have pleasure and no guilt at all.”
“It's called 'falling in love' for a reason: it does not have to be forced and cannot be planned. It just happens naturally, and if you're lucky, it takes you by surprise.”
“I have a dad-ager. My dad is really good at the business end of things. But it's really a family affair. My mother handles all my social media stuff - Facebook, Twitter, e-mails, that kind of thing.”
“If we want an America of heroes, we need to cherish our heroes of the past.”
“Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.”
“Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.”
“He [Zampano] probably would of insisted on corrections and edits, he was his own harshest critic, but I've come to believe errors, especially written errors, are often the only markers left by a solitary life: to sacrifice them is to lose the angels of personality, the riddle of a soul. In this case a very old soul. A very old riddle.”

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