It takes determination and a positive mindset to keep yourself productive in this day and age, to live effectively you must work hard to get a good job, to provide for yourself and your family.
It is imagery, repetition, tone
Honour is dearer to Brutus than life itself. And that is what Cassius reiterates, with the goal of attracting Brutus to his own cause (of betraying and getting rid of Caesar). Cassius masterfully manipulates Brutus. First, he tells him that he is honourable. And then, he holds him by that honour, because honourable people should act that way. Furthermore, he tells Brutus that the Romans would be eager to have someone like that as their leader. So, Cassius first feeds Brutus's ego, and then starts provoking his greed.
Your correct answer would be "They could barely look at Neto and Jesse as they explained that they loved football too much to give it up." This part in the excerpt explain's how Neto feel's about his fan's. He could tell that they didn't really care much about the football team. Hope it helps. :-)
