"Football is the most successful cult, in terms of members and profits, in human history. Oh wait, there's also religion."

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Football is the kind of game where you have to really segregate kids from the general population and kind of colonize their minds. It's more intense and demands more than other sports. And this is why the folks who are involved (as players, coaches, boosters, fans) are so much more devoted to it. It's really a cult, when you think about it.

— Steve Almond