It's the difference between watching a football game between two teams you don't care about, and watching a game where you have some kind of personal identity with one of the teams, if only a huge bet.

Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers.

There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted.

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House.

It was a maddening image and the only way to whip it was to hang on until dusk and banish the ghosts with rum.

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.