Serge Schmemann Quotes

I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.

Italian football's different to Spanish and German, but it's only different and not inferior.

I like watching Spanish and Italian games and looking at how they play compared to us.

I never knew that Americans would take up soccer, and it's a gender-free sport in high school there.

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season.

Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

Pete Rozelle used television to get the game to the American public by creating the Super Bowl and making it the biggest sporting event in the world.

Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully, in time, and with players coming and trying to develop the game, and the U.S. team also doing well - at the last World Cup, they finished above England and created some buzz.

There's no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.

In L.A., nobody is talking about football. No television stations. You see it nowhere.

Football has limited success in Europe.

In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!

I mean the game is just, everybody talks about baseball but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.

I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.

American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though.

If you're going to play high school football, you do it in Texas or Florida or Georgia for the simple fact it's such a big deal.

For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season!

Quite frankly, I can't get enough of soccer. I tell my jingoistic friends in the United States there's a reason why it is the world's No. 1 sport. The rest of the planet can't be wrong.

I'm Canadian. The only difference between dating American and Canadian guys is whether you'll be watching football or hockey. I have no preference.

College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.

Why is playing football in Europe considered the pinnacle of our game, yet in other spheres of life, that same phrase - 'being in Europe' - is dismissed with suspicion?

European teams have always shied away from South American football. They struggle to get to grips with it. The South American game is more technical and about keeping possession, while European football is more dynamic, physical and direct.

Even I'm a bit surprised with how easily I've adapted to European football.

Serie A is very different from the Bundesliga or the Ukrainian league.

German football is very different to football in South America.