![We have not made cricket and football [soccer] professional because of any astonishing avarice or new vulgarity. We have made them professional because we would have them perfect. We have dedicated men to them as to some god of inhuman excellence. We care more for football than for the fun of playing football.](/assets/img/quote-photos/we-have-not-made-cricket-and-football-soccer-professional-because-of-any-astoni.jpg)
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He was the first superstar of sports television. Dick Enberg
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He's a football guy, ... He's always around the office. He's always looking at tape. He's always grabbing guys and talking football. Tom Coughlin
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