We talk about it a lot: Not all soccer's pretty soccer.

When I was growing up, I played a lot of soccer. I always wanted to be a good soccer player.

— Viv Richards

Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You…

— Chris Borland

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

— Trinity Rodman

Obviously, it sucks being away from the team and being away from soccer in general.

— Trinity Rodman

With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.

— Karin Slaughter

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

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

— Rio Ferdinand

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

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

— Anonymous

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

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

— Ebbe Skovdahl

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

— Desmond Morris

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