“Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a huge soccer player. I wanted to be the best in soccer when I grew up. But my… — Amanda Nunes Copy Share Image
In Scotland football hooliganism has been met by banning alcohol from grounds but in England this solution has been circumnavigated — Wallace Mercer Copy Share Image
The game of soccer has been able to give me what I wanted out of life. I just remember being a total… — Tiffeny Milbrett Copy Share Image
I love kids, and I really liked the idea of getting involved with something that was all about giving kids the opportunity… — Ali Krieger Copy Share Image
Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
When I see myself in the videogame it's amazing how realistic I look. This is the most authentic and realistic soccer game… — Claudio Reyna Copy Share Image
When I'm with friends, when I have time, I like to play soccer, and I think it's still my passion, still my… — Lothar Matthaus Copy Share Image
The game's finest mistakes were perpetrated by Djimi Traore, who interrupted his general competence with one air shot, one slice over his… — Phil Cornwell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
They [some countries] borrowed money to go acquire things, Indian power plants and Danish newspapers and British soccer teams. And they did… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes… — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
The combination of an out-of-control tabloid press and a readership that thrills to the destruction of the England head coach is something… — Simon Barnes Copy Share Image
“Whoever believes physical size and tests of speed or strength have anything to do with a soccer player's prowess is sorely mistaken.… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
For me pressure is bird flu. I'm serious. I'm feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It's not fun… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is… — Landon Donovan Copy Share Image
I think that was one of my biggest worries. I didn't want to be so focused on soccer that it became my… — Julie Foudy Copy Share Image
A message to the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you?… — Delia Smith Copy Share Image
“[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important.” — John Sutherland Copy Share Image
Jon Stewart says that he was a little kid with a big head. He had very little athletic ability. He went out… — Brian Kilmeade Copy Share Image
Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical… — Paolo Di Canio Copy Share Image
I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Kicking a soccer ball hard always felt simple to me, and I liked football right away. And kicking comes from soccer, so… — Sebastian Janikowski Copy Share Image
Crowds of questions stream through me like lines of people exiting a soccer ground or a concert. They push and shove and… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being… — Tony DiCicco Copy Share Image
Foosball screwed up my perception of soccer. I though you had to kick the ball and then spin around and around. I… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I play over-35s soccer on the weekend to get my fix of running into people and crashing and bashing, and I still… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
“Somehow you still get a kick out of comparing yourself to people who have completely different goals than you.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine… — Pele Copy Share Image
Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing… — Xavi Copy Share Image
We scored a goal and defended until the end with great spirit. We have a lot of young players and I hope… — Lorik Cana Copy Share Image
The people of Cleveland hate soccer. But it's my favourite thing and I follow the U.S. men's national team around when they… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now… — Angela Ruggiero Copy Share Image
I end up writing something every day, since I develop six or seven things at the same time - soccer columns, this… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can… — Ronaldinho Copy Share Image
I played a lot of sports growing up - soccer, softball, basketball, track - and started playing on a club team when… — Jordan Larson Copy Share Image
Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
“Entrepreneurs who dip into soccer also keep making the same mistakes. They buy clubs promising to run them “like a business” and… — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
After we played Sporting last week, the lads in the dressing room talked about him constantly, and on the plane back from… — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
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