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It is easy to criticize me from behind a pen or a microphone, from someone who never set foot on a football field.
Diego Forlan
Me
Field
Pen
Criticize
Easy
Someone
Foot
Never
Football
Football Field
Microphone
Behind
Who
Set
Football has allowed me to see the world, and in Paz, I have a wife who is keen to see the world with me.
Diego Forlan
Me
World
Wife
See
Allowed
Football
Who
Keen
There are no logical answers in football. That's just the way it goes.
Diego Forlan
Logical
Way
Football
Answers
Goes
Just
Retiring from international football was a personal decision, and I was very sure about what I was doing. I played for my country for more than ten years, and there were highs and lows. It was a fantastic experience, though, and the most wonderful thing is that it ended well.
Diego Forlan
Experience
Wonderful
Decision
Country
Though
About
Ten
More
Ten Years
Football
Highs
Retiring
Most
Well
Sure
Doing
Were
Years
Very
Than
Personal
Ended
Wonderful Thing
Fantastic
Lows
International
Thing
Played
Uruguay is a small country but with a lot of football history. We've won so many things, and so the people are always expecting us to do good things.
Diego Forlan
Good
History
People
Good Things
Country
Small
Small Country
Football
Always
Lot
Won
Expecting
Us
Many
Things
Football has changed, and so has the relationship between the players on the pitch. Where once some players would try everything to distract opponents, now it's harder. There are TV cameras everywhere, which have much higher quality images than before. There are lip readers in studios working out what you are saying to each other.
Diego Forlan
Saying
Relationship
You
Quality
Try
Distract
Before
Changed
Other
Everything
Once
Everywhere
Out
TV
Would
Some
Higher
Higher Quality
Football
Studios
Between
Readers
Opponents
Cameras
Than
Lip
Pitch
Where
Which
Much
Working
Each
Now
Harder
Images
Players
Big clubs with one rich owner have been one of the main changes in football since I started playing.
Diego Forlan
Big
Rich
Changes
Main
Football
Since
Been
Owner
Clubs
Started
Playing
I went to Japan to experience a new culture, and I would recommend that any footballer does that. But the main reason I went was to play football.
Diego Forlan
Culture
Experience
Recommend
Would
Main
Football
Main Reason
Footballer
New
Does
Any
Japan
Reason
Play
Play Football
The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.
Diego Luna
You
Beauty
About
Outside
Football
Another
Least
Five
Get
Sitting
Cannot
Competitive
When I was young, football and theatre were the only places I was happy. I remember school as just what happened in between the things that I liked.
Diego Luna
Happy
Theatre
Remember
School
Young
Only
Football
Between
Liked
Were
Just
Happened
In-Between
Places
Things
When you know how to read football, it is easier for some players.
Dimitar Berbatov
You
Easier
Some
Football
Know
Read
How
Players
Players want to enjoy their football and talk up their performances.
Dimitar Berbatov
Enjoy
Football
Performance
Talk
Up
Want
Players
When I play all the time, I play with a smile on my face, and then I can help my team with my goals and my game and the way I can play football.
Dimitar Berbatov
Smile
Time
Game
Goals
Face
Way
Football
Then
Team
Help
Play
Play Football
Football is a simple game.
Dimitar Berbatov
Game
Simple
Football
I hope when I finish with football, I'll be happy with what I've achieved.
Dimitar Berbatov
Hope
Be Happy
Happy
Finish
Football
Achieved
I am used to moving homes in football, and it seems to be a recurring theme in my career.
Dimitri Payet
Seems
Football
Recurring
Am
Moving
Theme
Used
Homes
Career
I still try to treat football as a game even if there are now other considerations at stake, especially economic ones.
Dimitri Payet
Game
Treat
Try
Other
Considerations
Economic
Football
Still
Stake
Even
Now
When you are a footballer, you eat, sleep, and breathe football. If I have a bad training session, I can go home and do whatever I want, but you still feel an emptiness.
Divock Origi
Home
You
Training
Whatever
Bad
Eat
Football
Feel
Footballer
Emptiness
Still
Go
Go Home
Want
Breathe
Session
Sleep
I only started playing top football when I was 17 and a half.
Divock Origi
Half
Top
Only
Football
Started
Playing
In football, you're dealing with grown men. In gymnastics, you're dealing with prepubescent teenage girls. There's a huge difference. At that age, you're not confident enough to have a voice.
Dominique Moceanu
You
Age
Men
Girl
Enough
Teenage
Teenage Girls
Voice
Gymnastics
Football
Dealing
Huge
Huge Difference
Confident
Difference
Grown
Grown Men
I'm an ardent American Football fan.
Don King
Ardent
Football
American
Fan
American Football
Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.
Don Shula
Game
Winner
Before
Thinking
About
Only
Football
Over
Talking
Because
Team
Teams
Two
And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.
Don Shula
Game
Bears
Football
He
Football Game
Won
Against
Mike
Coached
Assistant
Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.
Donald Driver
Good
You
Entertainment
People
World
Stars
Dancing
Dancing With The Stars
Everywhere
Entertainment World
Pretty
Pretty Good
Guy
Football
Football Player
Like
Go
Just
Now
Player
I'm not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I've never received that, and that's not ever going to happen. So I'm fine with what I have, I make good money, and I'm happy about it.
Donald Driver
Good
Happy
Money
National
Fine
About
Never
Football
League
Make
National Football League
Trying
Going
Happen
Ever
Received
Receiver
My mum lives in Boston; she's famous for teaching wushu and t'ai chi. So from when I was young, my mum and aunt were like: 'You're training; you're not playing baseball or football.' Training every day was normal. Later, when I was almost a teenager, Bruce Lee became my idol.
Donnie Yen
Day
You
Every Day
Training
Chi
Young
Every
Teenager
Later
Bruce
Bruce Lee
Boston
Football
Almost
Like
She
Became
Idol
Were
Aunt
Normal
Lee
Famous
Teaching
Baseball
Mum
Lives
Playing
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