Soccer Quotes · Page 19

High national emotions are permissible when a soccer team is playing precisely because they are impermissible at most other times. There aren't,…

— Anne Applebaum

I don't run straight at a constant pace; soccer is always a change of pace and movement.

— Alex Morgan

I believe that soccer can be an example of understanding and peace between countries and between peoples.

— Zico

And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season

— Alan Parry

I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball - he might…

— Brian Clough

I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Everyone throughout the soccer world knows the Cosmos name and the legacy of the players that played for this team previously. They…

— Raul

I went to public school my whole life, graduated high school with my class. Growing up, I'd go to an audition, my…

— Shailene Woodley

I tried to do everything just as I would before any other match, but it was impossible.

— Xabi Alonso

You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

He is inexperienced, but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through.

— Steve McClaren

If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to…

— Lorrie Fair

Instead of being like the other kids going to soccer or football practice, I was wrestling every day.

— Rey Mysterio

Everybody in wrestling is looking at the information coming in on concussions. Everyone from the NFL to the WWE to TNA to…

— Mick Foley

I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.

— Ian Astbury

Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world…

— Bill Gates

If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me.

— Cesc Fabregas

I was born in Jamaica, so I didn't know football. I was all soccer. And then I tried out, first time playing…

— Patrick Chung

Real possession football, this. And Zico's lost it

— John Helm

We don't play golf often [with kids] because they don't play that much anymore - because their kids don't play. It's like…

— Jack Nicklaus

Argentina is a powerhouse in soccer.

— Mario Kempes

When I first met him [James Galanis], he just said, "Look, if you want to be a professional soccer player, if you…

— Carli Lloyd

Poverty is good for nothing, except perhaps for football.

— Jorge Valdano

Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.

— Henrietta Onodi

I grew up in an athletic family. My dad played and my brother currently plays professional soccer, so I'm athletic.

— Kylie Bunbury