Soccer Quotes · Page 25

Being able to play sports in a school or public environment was everything for me - basketball, soccer, track.

— Harrison Barnes

We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.

— Bill Shankly

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

— Anonymous

The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the referee.

— Mike Ingham

No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.

— Pele

When two peoples share a common passion: they are capable of empathising with each other's misery.

— Matthew Syed

I don't like the soccer industry and yes, I do like to play.

— Carlos Vela

We should make the most of life, enjoy it because that's the way it is!

— Cristiano Ronaldo

I compete no matter what I'm doing... playing basketball, soccer, anything, no matter what I'm doing I'm trying to compete.

— De'Aaron Fox

I'm lucky to be doing what I love, and I appreciate that I can make a good living doing it. I love…

— Landon Donovan

He slipped his hands around my waist and pulled me against him, tossing the ice cream cone over his shoulder. It landed…

— Stephanie Davis

I played soccer until I was like 10 or 11, maybe 12. I had fun with it, but it was a team…

— Xander Schauffele

Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me…

— Brandi Chastain

Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supporters in Europe.

— Rafael Benitez

Whatever the police or politicians may tell us, this is a violent and threatening place. Living here is dangerous.

— Peter Bruce

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was…

— Andrew Shue

The Democrats say we ought to give Barack Obama credit for trying. That sounds like the nonsense of giving every kid a…

— Mike Huckabee

And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss…

— Eduardo Galeano

It is a testament to the fundamental honesty of football that Israel, with nothing to play for, overcame Russia in Tel Aviv…

— Martin Samuel

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

You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being…

— Jose Mourinho

I’ve always had this idea that if you’re going to try something, if you’re going to expend that first big block of…

— Johan Bruyneel

For all the time schools devote to the teaching of mathematics, very little (if any) is spent trying to convey just what…

— Keith Devlin

I feel like I have big thighs. My brother was always like, 'Yeah, I want big thighs! Big thighs are awesome!' And…

— Ali Krieger

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

— Johan Cruijff

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

— Bobby Charlton

You need teamwork to achieve real success, and that attitude comes straight from soccer.

— Matt Bahr

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

— Thierry Henry

In 2001 Steve Staunton became the record cap holder for which country? Brazil.

— Anne Robinson

“Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse.”

— Anonymous

If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job.

— Brian Clough

I'm the same as maybe six or seven people in every ten - I can't take f***ing criticism.

— Martin Jol

I didn't realise you could travel so far and still be in England.

— Kevin Bond

I myself am a soccer mom, a volleyball mom and a basketball mom.

— Kerry Kennedy

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or…

— Rafael Nadal

I never cry about what I don't have. I'm always positive.

— Fabio Capello

What's a soccer mom but a general category that hides great variation?

— Zeynep Tufekci

It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners.

— Roberto Baggio

You must wait until the end, and at the end of the season you can say it was a good or a…

— Rafael Benitez