Interesting from the very first line

I liked it from the very first line. I've transcribed the lines into IMDB's quotes section and have included it below -

God has granted me a long life. I have seen and experienced much, but understood very little. Well, I guess it had to be that way. I can't remember when and how football came into our lives. It was all unplanned. We thought it was only a game, a boyish passion which would fade away with time. But that odd game changed our lives. Trailing it's magic we wandered to the far, unfamiliar world. Leaving out former lives and loves behind us and really believing that we will return soon, all together.