Soccer Quotes · Page 26

It was nothing personal: if it had been, I would have left him on so he could have suffered like everyone else.

— Graham Taylor

Ninety-five per cent of my language problems are the fault of that stupid little midget.

— Gianfranco Zola

When I was in elementary school, the coach of our school (soccer) team personally unearthed my talents.

— Eunhyuk

If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.

— Alex Ferguson

The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.

— Diego Maradona

'Black Skinhead' almost got deaded because it was too much like a soccer song.

— Mike Dean

For me, it's really important to do things outside of soccer, to stay fit and ready.

— Trinity Rodman

Germany are a very difficult team to play... they have eleven internationals out there today.

— Steve Lomas

Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical…

— Paolo Di Canio

Jon Stewart says that he was a little kid with a big head. He had very little athletic ability. He went out…

— Brian Kilmeade

Kicking a soccer ball hard always felt simple to me, and I liked football right away. And kicking comes from soccer, so…

— Sebastian Janikowski

I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They…

— Mat Kearney

African soccer has grown to the extent that the majority of its players are playing for European teams and that is very…

— Cafu

Kids in inner cities sometimes have no way out other than through athletics. It is time for soccer to be a bigger…

— Jozy Altidore

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing…

— Pele

When you've got a player who does what he does at that pace this late in the game than you know you've…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

I haven't been manipulated. I did a documentary in prison years ago because I was so f - ed off with those…

— Chelsea Handler

It will be the proudest moment of my life leading Liverpool out. I've dreamed of this day since I was a kid,…

— Steven Gerrard

I am hugely honored to represent my country in the Olympics and in World Cups, and I'm grateful for all the advantages…

— Alex Morgan

Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys.…

— Ali Larter

You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in…

— Chris McCormack

I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S. in…

— Andrew Luck

The dark aftermath of the frontier, of the vast promise of possibility this country first offered, is an inflated sense of American…

— Anna Quindlen

I wanted to be a soccer player, and I became the best of the best, the number one, better than Maradona, better…

— Eduardo Galeano

We need to forget about mistakes and take the positives.

— Steven Gerrard

I'm a little embarrassed to say I'm a little bit of a soccer dad.

— Christian Laettner

I just want to be good at soccer and have a normal life; it is a little ironic that you can't have…

— Park Ji-sung

I was born close to soccer, and I've been living and working in soccer since I was small.

— Zico

Once Celtic got their equaliser, they played a sort of anti-football.

— Frank Rijkaard

Soccer is an uncomfortable sport. You're running; you're getting tackled.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

I’ve always said that you can live without water for many days, but you can’t live for a second without hope.

— Brendan Rodgers

To play a soccer game, you have to be in very good shape.

— Ronaldo

“His gaze was unflinching and solid. If someone could have light sabers in their eyes, it would be him.”

— Mariana Zapata

When I have time, I try to do also some mountain biking, some soccer with my friends.

— Roberto Bautista Agut

The only way we will be going to Europe is if the club splash out and take us all to EuroDisney.

— Dean Holdsworth

The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

— Diego Maradona

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.

— Ron Atkinson

And Wigan Athletic are certain to be promoted barring a mathmatical tragedy

— Tony Gubba

I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.

— Paul Gascoigne