Anurag Kumar

“Golden ages, almost by definition, are past: gleeful naivety never lasts for ever.”
― Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

“To thee, to thee, O my beauty, my fire! Thou hast been burning in my heart all these futile years. If my life were a piece of gold it would come out of its trial brighter, but it is a trodden turf of grass, and nothing remains of it but this handful of ashes.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, 5 Best Short Stories

“That tension – between beauty and cynicism, between what Brazilians call futebol d’arte and futebol de resultados – is a constant, perhaps because it is so fundamental, not merely to sport, but also to life: to win, or to play the game well?”
― Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

“In football,’ he said, ‘the tactics adopted must always be in relation to the ability of the men on the side to carry them out successfully. Because of this, it is hard to lay down hard and fast rules.”
― Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics