Soccer Quotes · Page 21

If you had to name one particular person to blame it would have to be one of the players

— Theo Foley

It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty.

— Noel Gallagher

It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides.

— Jock Brown

Soccer is a man's game, not an outing for mamby-pambies.

— Jack Charlton

Some [soccer] players suffer four or five fatal injuries per game. That's how tough they are.

— Dave Barry

There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.

— Ron Atkinson

Hopefully we will see a lot of women doing sport and especially soccer, because I love soccer.

— Frank de Boer

They could've thrown a kitchen sink into the box and one of the guys would've headed it.

— Paul Lambert

How on earth Traore gets into this team is beyond me. And he's a Champions League winner? Gimme a break. They've Riise…

— Johnny Giles

Ronaldo can do whatever he wants as a footballer. There are some things he does with the ball that make me touch…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.

— Tiffeny Milbrett

I could be a model for one night. But I'm also a professional soccer player, and I like to be taken seriously…

— Alex Morgan

Astonishing times. Who would have imagined that the Crazy Gang would yield a Hollywood film star (Vinny Jones), a British television ever-present…

— Giles Smith

I think for us it's learning from the people that came before us and the players that have changed the world. I…

— Trinity Rodman

It gives me the happiest feeling in the world. I just love scoring. It doesn't matter if it's a simple goal from…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

We played soccer a lot with our friends and at school. We weren't on an official team or anything, but we'd definitely…

— Mary-Kate Olsen

According to the nanny who sold her story, Victoria used to scream at her husband: I gave up my music for you.…

— Ian O'Doherty

Soccer was probably the most fun game I've played because I never walked away feeling like I had a bad game. If…

— Stephen Gostkowski

Dear STUPID BOYS who say Soccer isn't for girls, Soccer is not just a sport to us, It is a passion, a…

— Anonymous

The statistics John Wesson has compiled in The Science of Soccer show that Premiership football players are vastly more likely to have…

— Daniel Finkelstein

Avoiding any of the tenets of amateurism, after all, certainly does not make you a good professional. Perhaps it is better to…

— Edward Smith

“As the Protestants celebrate a goal, they're egged on by the team captain, a long-haired Italian called Lorenzo Amoruso, who has the…

— Franklin Foer

You're just trying to be yourself, and for me, playing soccer is being myself. One day, you're one person on a team.…

— Brandi Chastain

There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the…

— A. A. Gill

When I first met him [David Beckham] I didn't know whether to shake his hand or lick his face.

— Robbie Williams

As a footballer's wife, I take great exception to the way we are portrayed in Footballers' Wives.

— Karren Brady

If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better.

— Johan Cruijff

I always encourage youngsters in America to play soccer.

— Jim Harbaugh

You can't really call yourselves giant-killers any more, as you kill giants so often.

— Bryon Butler

I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to…

— Geezer Butler

We cannot play soccer without hands. You need your arms while running.

— Niko Kovac

Peter Shilton conceded five, you don't get many of those to the dozen

— Des Lynam

When I was younger, soccer was my life. I always wanted to play.

— Alphonso Davies

Soccer is like your best friend, its always there for you when no one is.

— Humaira

We must become Icelanders in soccer, Israelis in defending our land, Japanese in technology.

— Volodymyr Zelensky

The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.

— Alex Ferguson

Soccer is one of the most unifying activities amongst us.

— Nelson Mandela

Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'

— Arsene Wenger

I want to know I made women's soccer better than it was when I came into it.

— Alex Morgan

I think that during college, I would say I did not enjoy playing soccer.

— Christen Press