Soccer Quotes · Page 12

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.

— Steven Gerrard

It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.

— Jamie Carragher

Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

— Anonymous

The trouble with Earl Barrett is that he's one paced … Zooommmmm.

— Joe Royle

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

— Tim Howard

On this 101st FA Cup Final day, there are just two teams left

— David Coleman

I grew up playing soccer with the boys - quite far from reading magazines.

— Freja Beha Erichsen

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

— Eduardo Galeano

Playing against 10 is harder than playing against 11 players. You know why? The team with 11 will think "ok, we can…

— Johan Cruijff

If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was…

— Bo Jackson

A lot of leftists think it is soccer's fault that people don't think, while most rightists are convinced that soccer is a…

— Eduardo Galeano

If (environmentalists) want to continue to beat those drums to solicit money from concerned soccer moms, they can do that. The reality…

— Christopher West

I think if you're writing about cricket, you're obviously writing about power, because cricket is such a loaded sport, much more so…

— Joseph O'Neill

I didn't know anything about it, I swear. Nor did Dave Bassett. We were sitting there saying 'What's happening here?'. It is…

— Harry Redknapp

You can't obviously predict the future, but I am a fan of the United States and soccer over there continues to grow.

— Sergio Busquets

I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World…

— Cobi Jones

I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was…

— Maluma

Red Bull is committed to providing not only quality domestic soccer, but also quality international soccer. You can't get much better than…

— Alexi Lalas

I feel I have grown up. I am a man. It's important in my football too. When everything is good, I don't…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

They [some countries] borrowed money to go acquire things, Indian power plants and Danish newspapers and British soccer teams. And they did…

— Michael Lewis

We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes…

— Eric Cantona

Everything started with my mom. When I was five, she asked me if I wanted to sign up for soccer, but I…

— Lindsey Horan

So, before leading my troops into battle, we would get drunk and drugged up, sacrifice a local teenager, drink their blood, then…

— General Butt Naked

I can remember certain Manchester United defeats the way most people remember family bereavements or great political events. The four-nil drubbing by…

— Tom Dunne

I actually played a lot of other sports - table tennis and soccer for a long time.

— Toni Kukoc

Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back

— Tony Adams

Sometimes miracles happen. We have to be confident. We're convinced we can do something really exceptional.

— Fabio Capello

I am the happiest man alive and I am happy for myself, for my family and for my country.

— Lionel Messi

If I'd grown up in Sao Paulo, I'm sure I would've been a great soccer fan.

— Frank Deford

Soccer's a funny sport. You never know. You might find a last-place team beating a first-place team.

— Weston McKennie

What am I going to do if I stop fighting? Study? Soccer?

— Amanda Nunes

In soccer, female athletes across the world wear shoes that are not meant for us, our feet, or our game.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

We've been beaten before but never defeated. Tonight we were defeated.

— Helenio Herrera

I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it.

— Brandi Chastain

“Soccer is a simple game its the players that make it complicated”

— Willie Watson Mancheser United

Soccer, I enjoy a lot. But I think my career is going to be in football.

— Sebastian Janikowski

“Before kids can play like a pro, they must enjoy playing the game like a kid.”

— Steve Locker

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.

— Steven Gerrard

Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you're 80-20 sure of winning it.

— Ian Darke

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

— Ebbe Skovdahl