"I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here."

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I loathed the game, and since I could see no pleasure or usefulness in it, it was very difficult for me to show courage at it. Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting.

— George Orwell