World Cup Dreamer Pillows

"So you're telling me that you have a bad back but is due to start just-in-time for the World Cup and now you need a sick note!"

Football Fans

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

"Mom, Mom, watch me!"

Midnight Basketball

Olympic Climate

Throg, Destroyer of Worlds...and cat.

Baseball Dreams

'Dad, are you sure this is building the right muscles for football?'

'He's soccer mad! Ever since he did his first sums he's wanted to be a players' agent.'

"This is their way of reminding us how we're losing our best hope for Olympic Gold."

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

Not The Real Me

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

Wake us up when the Olympics are over...

'Yes! How does if feel to be giving birth to a future kicker in professional football?'

Penalty

Footballer Dreaming of the Football as Sack of Money

"You want England to win what!? Put me back in the lamp!"

'Don't think of sweeping as a chore. Consider it practice for the Olympic Curling Team.'

"Why are you studying? Go outside and practice shooting three pointers, so you can ear big bucks like Steph Curry."

'Boy, I love pretending to be Jens Lehmann...Now I can go home to watch football on TV!'

Wordplay: Mind Games.

'When do I learn to read and sign a huge NFL contract?'

'There was a time when I considered making myself available for the NBA draft. But one day I realized, hey - I'm a slug! I don't have an athletic bone in my body!'

'Your grandfather is a cautionary tale, son. He quit school early and pinned all his hopes on an NFL career. But in the end, he was never used in a single game.'

'...all been inspired by the Olympics...now touch those toes...touch those...'

'It's OK if you want to live your sports dreams vicariously through your son, Mr. Wagner. But you'll have to do it from the bleachers.'

Armstrong, what's going on? Go away. I'm busy. You've been in there for days. Something strange is going on. Yes, something strange, if not downright bizarro. Institute for Capitalist Exploitation. Soon the world will be mine.

"Ambitions... to be more ambitious in future."

'I wanna be a hockey goalkeeper.'

So your career objective is to 'swallow the universe.' Why Buddhists don't get jobs.

'I can tell you the meaning of life or I can tell you when the Leafs will win the Stanley Cup...choose wisely.'

STRIP *The Fan * "Let Garry McAllister be you inspiration."

Paris Olympics