Hurrah for the Super Bowl

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
Bill Shankly, In Sunday Times (UK) Oct. 4 1981

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996)

Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.
George F. Will (1941 - )

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
George F. Will (1941 - )

Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.
Joe Theismann, Former quarterback

Not every age is fit for childish sports.
Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC)