The war dashed all hopes that came with independence.

Angolans have suffered so much. There are parts of Angola, and some Angolans, who will never recover physically, spiritually and emotionally. But we have to leave that to a chapter of history.

If we can do it in football, we can do it in other areas of life. It makes me very optimistic about the future.

When something like this happens, you get your hopes up and they just get dashed.

I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes.

But I hate being a grandfather. It's indecent. In my mind's eye, I'm still twenty-five. Thirty-three max. Certainly not sixty-seven, reeking of decay and dashed hopes. My breath sour. My limbs in dire need of a lube job. And now that I've been blessed with a plastic hip-socket replacement, I'm no longer even biodegradable. Environmentalists will protest my burial.