Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.

Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy.

Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.

Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.

I'd followed the strange deaths of pro football players for years, sensing something odd going on.

A distinction should be made that [American] football is democratic capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist [sport].