Soccer Quotes · Page 20

I'm a big soccer fan. My favorite player is Ronaldo, but the real Ronaldo. The Ronaldo from Brazil.

— Bojan Bogdanovic

I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.

— Paul Gascoigne

And Wigan Athletic are certain to be promoted barring a mathmatical tragedy

— Tony Gubba

I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.

— Ron Atkinson

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

— Diego Maradona

The only way we will be going to Europe is if the club splash out and take us all to EuroDisney.

— Dean Holdsworth

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

— Cristiano Ronaldo

When I have time, I try to do also some mountain biking, some soccer with my friends.

— Roberto Bautista Agut

Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how…

— Alton Brown

It's all so similar, all the different WAG sports - whether it be baseball, basketball, football, so I'm sure that soccer is…

— Kelly Kelly

Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys.…

— Ann Coulter

I always had that, even when I was a kid in a go-kart or when I was playing soccer or tennis: that…

— Fernando Alonso

It is unfortunate that we have to live in a fortress, but we are forced to do so given the high crime…

— Anonymous

My first job was working Saturdays in Sports Soccer in Newcastle. I only used to work three or four hours a week,…

— Steph Houghton

I played basketball and soccer but they are very different games, obviously. However, playing any kind of sport always helps you develop…

— Alexander Ovechkin

Soccer is the main sport in Mexico; it's very important for the Mexican people. It's their passion - it's their religion -…

— Lothar Matthaus

I think - I hope - that we're going to be able to build something here with U.S. Soccer, where it's not…

— Christian Pulisic

Soccer has given me a place to express myself, fully and openly. To not be shy. To feel. To be crazy. To…

— Brandi Chastain

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

You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in…

— Chris McCormack

Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys.…

— Ali Larter

I was a runner and a soccer player living in Okinawa, Japan and I didn't have recruiters coming in to recruit me…

— Kristin Armstrong

I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams…

— Claudio Reyna

When you play soccer, most people, I don't think, understand this: you're able to build relationships with people all around the world…

— Jozy Altidore

“His gaze was unflinching and solid. If someone could have light sabers in their eyes, it would be him.”

— Mariana Zapata

I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.

— Pele

It really came down to deciding between baseball and soccer. Soccer won out because I enjoyed it more.

— Brian McBride

I would just as likely be doing soccer practice as filming commercials.

— Alyson Hannigan

Well Terry, can you tell us where you are in the league, how far are you ahead of the second team?

— Ian St John

Chesterfield 1, Chester 1. Another score draw in the local derby

— Des Lynam

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

— George Best

It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.

— Graham Taylor

The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.

— Hesketh Pearson

From their castle in Zurich, the owners of soccer do not propose, they impose. That's their way.

— Eduardo Galeano

We need to forget about mistakes and take the positives.

— Steven Gerrard

Germany are a very difficult team to play... they have eleven internationals out there today.

— Steve Lomas

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

— Trinity Rodman

'Black Skinhead' almost got deaded because it was too much like a soccer song.

— Mike Dean

The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.

— Diego Maradona

If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.

— Alex Ferguson