I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford. — George Best Copy Share Image
When I score I don't celebrate, its my job, does a postman celebrate when he delivers post? — Mario Balotelli Copy Share Image
I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well. — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
I love soccer. That's my passion. That's what I make a living doing. — Clint Dempsey Copy Share Image
It's hard to have a good career in soccer, especially women's soccer. — Jessica Andrade Copy Share Image
I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday. — Paolo Di Canio Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league. — Mark Viduka Copy Share Image
When Peter Beardsley appears on television, daleks hide behind the sofa. — Nick Hancock Copy Share Image
Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level. — Tiffeny Milbrett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The focus of our family life was homework and what was for dinner; getting to ballet rehearsal and getting my brother to… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
[H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once.… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
The people in my district don't call me 'congressman' - doesn't matter how old they are, they call me 'Jack.' They see… — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
I don't really like school. It's really not my thing. I was barely there when I was in high school because I… — Lindsey Horan Copy Share Image
I actually don't feel the years passing, although the younger players make sure to remind me of my age. If there's a… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
On Saturday morning, one of the two teams still unbeaten in the Premiership occupied a modest seventh place. It is an illustration… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
If you like soccer, then welcome to America. See, our country already has entertainment so watching people chase a ball for four… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
“For all the enlightened nations that profess a loyalty to liberty, democracy, economy and all the rest, there has long been a… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
Like many a Yank before me, I have tried to explain to European friends that Americans actually know soccer quite well, that… — Serge Schmemann Copy Share Image
Football is not, in my view, a sport: it is somewhere between a business racket and a mental illness. I associate it… — Simon Heffer Copy Share Image