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1 " For all the enlightened nations that profess a loyalty to liberty, democracy, economy and all the rest, there has long been a readiness to look for a chosen one; as Carlyle pointed out, even the French, those great anti-venerators, those relentless beheaders of Great Men, worshipped Voltaire. "
― Chris Anderson , The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong
2 " Games like the Football Manager series have reduced what was once seen as a special skill possessed only by a few to little more than an algorithm for success. "
3 " His most famous quote is even simpler. It is so obvious that if anyone else had said it they may have been mocked. Having a World Cup on your résumé tends to help avoid such a fate. ‘The ball,’ Herberger used to say, ‘is round. "
4 " That is what makes soccer special, and what makes soccer what it is. It takes so much effort to score that each goal is celebrated that little bit more joyously, and means that little bit more. That is why the game is so exciting. Any one goal, at any time in the game, can be the difference between victory and defeat, between delight and despair. The goal is soccer’s beauty, and she’s a rare and reluctant beauty indeed. "
