Soccer Quotes · Page 19

How does Usain Bolt know you? You're just my soccer coach.

— Matthew Hayden

Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.

— David Acfield

I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm.

— Eric Cantona

In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball.

— Nelson Rodrigues

I played soccer for 12 years on three different teams at a time.

— Portia Doubleday

I believe that soccer in the United States lacks an idol and they should do everything possible to create one.

— Raul

I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left-winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.

— Ron Atkinson

If Soccer Is Your Life Then Start Taking Care Of It And Act Like It

— Cesar Jeronimo

My biggest dream from the moment I started playing soccer was to join the national side. I was privileged to be part…

— Eran Zahavi

All three of us boys, we grew up playing soccer. It was all of our first love. One of my coaches actually…

— Eric Reid

I've always thought having a kid that played soccer would be the worst punishment. After watching 3 min of water polo I…

— Daniel Tosh

Thierry Henry, I mean, he's someone who I became a fan of when I was getting into soccer while living in Amsterdam.

— Brendan Hunt

Sentences I never thought I would write. (1) That John Prescott certainly has a way with the ladies. (2) Give it to…

— Martin Samuel

I didn't do anything during the game. I only had one shot on goal and I did not create any chances. I…

— Robinho

When I walk in the field I feel a rush coming up my body, the wind blowing trough my hair, the grass…

— Humaira

Yeah, I never played baseball. I never played soccer. I played flag football and organized football in school through my freshman year…

— Alex Caruso

I once saw professional soccer up there in Seattle, the Sounders. I went and saw that. I'm not a big soccer fan,…

— Guy Fieri

Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to…

— David Brin

I loathed the game, and since I could see no pleasure or usefulness in it, it was very difficult for me to…

— George Orwell

The World Cup experience is more than just the game of soccer. It's an event. And it will fly by faster than…

— Cobi Jones

My father was always pushing me to become a basketball player. In Africa, when you're a kid, every kid loves to play…

— Serge Ibaka

The one great thing about football is that whatever happens it will manifest itself on the pitch. If it's right, you'll see…

— Johnny Giles

From the start, the promise of Jurgen Klinsmann as manager of the U.S. men's national team was revolution: gritty, plodding American soccer…

— Franklin Foer

It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about…

— Simon Kuper

If England had scored in the first half, I think the young legs would have found younger hearts inside them

— Jimmy Armfield

Every club he's been to has had great injury crises. Every club. And it's always hamstrings.

— Eamon Dunphy

Four wins in four matches. It could not be better... the world is fantastic.

— Jose Mourinho

Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team.

— Hope Solo

So often the pendulum contines to swing with the side that has just pulled themselves out of the hole.

— Tony Gubba

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.

— Dan Birdwell

If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.

— Bill Shankly

One thing will not change - we will be going out to win.

— David Beckham

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.

— Jason Statham

Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.

— Chuck Klosterman

Work on your strong points because they are what made you.

— Arsene Wenger

If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.

— Arsene Wenger

My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.

— Manu Ginobili

The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.

— Johan Cruijff

He has many qualities as a prince, but he is not a surgeon.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

I wouldn't trust Newcastle's back five to protect my garden gnomes from squirrels.

— Jonathan Pearce