There's no honor in soccer

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

— Cristiano Ronaldo

I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.I sponsor two soccer teams in England, one of which is called Broadley…

— Adam Richman

Never been crazy enough about soccer to say, 'I'm a Madrid fan until death.'

— Carlos Vela

I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it…

— Andrea Bocelli

I'm a big Manchester United fan. When I was a kid, I worked with a guy who was a Man United fan, and that…

— Montel Vontavious Porter

He hit the post, and after the game people will say, well, he hit the post.

— Jimmy Greaves

It's an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.

— Gordon Strachan

There's one ball on the field, and that ball is mine.

— Salvador Mendoza

I think it is important for all those young out there - who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and…

— Jack Kemp

As long as the human race is able to concern itself with more than mere survival, soccer will have its place.

— Desmond Morris

Soccer is Europe's biggest sport and the world's biggest sport, so as we look to go into Europe, soccer is the way to do…

— Maverick Carter

Statistics are like miniskirts: They give you good ideas but hide the important things.

— Ebbe Skovdahl

Broken bones and skinned knees, this game is not for the weak. One ball, one goal, shoot, score! Soccer makes me whole.

— Anonymous

International friendly games are not worth the lives of the silk worms who perish to make the pennants. They do not even have the…

— Danny Baker

There are two things that really get under Gary Neville's skin: scousers and policemen.

— Rio Ferdinand