Soccer Quotes · Page 26

SOCCER comes first forever and always no matter what until FIFa 13 comes out (:

— Anonymous

When I was a kid, I mix watching soccer and the U.S. Open, that's it.

— Juan Martin del Potro

It wasn't a monkey on my back, it was Planet of the Apes.

— Mick McCarthy

I think that soccer is one thing, and money is another thing.

— Andrea Pirlo

Chris Eagles flew in on Shaun Wright-Phillips, so hard he almost broke the hyphen.

— Henry Winter

At the Argentina game, how would you have guessed that Darren Anderton would have gone off with cramp?

— Kevin Keegan

My childhood in Adelaide was filled with sport. I played soccer from morning until night.

— Jimmy Barnes

Pele was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born

— David Beckham

I think a lot of people thought women's soccer had arrived and it was here to stay and it was going to…

— Christine Sinclair

Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before…

— John Motson

Professionally, it would be a logical choice, but my personal view is that he is the most insincere man I know in…

— Tony Cascarino

My constituents include CU Buffs, ski bums, techies, artists, suburban soccer moms, and proud, hard-working Colorado families.

— Jared Polis

I had to play for a soccer team, I had to be an athlete, I had to make straight As. I was…

— Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time its…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

The technocracy of professional sport has managed to impose a soccer of lightning speed and brute strength: a soccer that negates joy,…

— Eduardo Galeano

In other sports, people like Odell Beckham Jr. and LeBron James have strong opinions. In soccer, you get looked down upon if…

— Jozy Altidore

Imagine a pantomime directed by Quentin Tarantino, where villains are booed, heroes are blood-stained, the body-count is high, the entertainment pulsating, the…

— Henry Winter

I knew there was no money in track and field unless you were unbelievable. So I stopped it when I was 13.…

— DeAndre Yedlin

Even if soccer is not number one in the United States, they do things very well here. There's much our country can…

— Sunil Chhetri

I´d read fantasy if they had simple names like Jane and Bob from Wagga," I say. "Why does it have to be…

— Melina Marchetta

One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has…

— Arsene Wenger

I played soccer for nine years, so I took that route instead of singing. I played on the outside team as well…

— Ella Mai

It takes a tremendous amount of skill to be a football player. And some of these guys have enough skills to do…

— Troy Polamalu

Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard,…

— Brian Clough

When I throw the perfect ball, it's impossible to defend.

— Rory Delap

I've been playing soccer since I was about nine-years-old.

— Sammi Giancola

To me, life without soccer would be like living a mindless and empty life.

— Eunhyuk

I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college.

— Joe Biden

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

— Trinity Rodman

I envied kids who played soccer and football, but that was not my gig.

— Colson Whitehead

I don't watch shows. I watch a lot of sports. Not soccer. I hate soccer.

— Karolina Pliskova

Why do people criticise his intelligence when he can do something as miraculous as that?

— Shania Twain

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

— Jose Mourinho

The odds were against us, but we deserve to be where we are.

— Steven Gerrard

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

— Rio Ferdinand

I manage a team, for beach soccer. I'm the coach. Player, coach.

— Eric Cantona

Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize.

— Germaine Greer

Football is the best way to get to know a people and a city.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.

— Deontay Wilder

The beauty of Cup football is that Jack always has a chance of beating Goliath.

— Terry Butcher