Soccer Quotes · Page 27

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

— Tim Howard

Growing up as a competitive athlete and playing Division 1 soccer, my entire life was based around hydration.

— Alex Cooper

Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

— Anonymous

The trouble with Earl Barrett is that he's one paced … Zooommmmm.

— Joe Royle

It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.

— Jamie Carragher

In my country, the kids start to play soccer when they are seven or eight.

— Alessandro Nesta

I like to watch soccer, no matter what teams or players are in the field.

— Andres Iniesta

Well clearly Graeme it all went according to plan, what was the plan exactly ?

— Elton Welsby

We don't sell a car, we sell a dream. We are Italy's national team. There are many great soccer teams in our…

— Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

I come from a family where soccer has always been very present. My uncles, my father and my brother were all players.

— Ronaldinho

If you have mental toughness then on days when you go to Hull, the pitch is bobbly, the wind howling, you end…

— Steve Nicol

When Rioch came to Millwall we were depressed and miserable. He's done a brilliant job of turning it all around. Now we're…

— Danny Baker

I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school…

— French Montana

I was glad to watch the soccer because it helps my tennis game, realize maybe they're just rooting for the underdog.

— Serena Williams

I'm a soccer fanatic, so I'm very competitive. I'm always ready to play and I'm always asking, 'Why isn't everyone ready to…

— Emily Osment

Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in…

— Jose Mourinho

You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed…

— Barack Obama

I've got no sympathy for him whatsoever. I just wish we had got 10 past him. At the end of the day…

— Gary Neville

I had never played in front of 10,000 people in my life, coming from a little village in western Denmark. We might…

— Morten Andersen

All the f------ experts in America, everybody who thinks they know about soccer, they can all look at the score tonight and…

— Michael Bradley

How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this? I am really happy with the club. I will be…

— Steven Gerrard

When I first met him [James Galanis], he just said, "Look, if you want to be a professional soccer player, if you…

— Carli Lloyd

I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy. I loved soccer, as you call it,…

— Cara Delevingne

There has been lots of things said about me over the years. I am happy to comment on people's opinion in football…

— Roy Keane

People don't know about football. They think they know about it but they don't know much.

— Jose Mourinho

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.

— Steven Gerrard

Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.

— Kevin Keegan

I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.

— Alex Ferguson

I actually played a lot of other sports - table tennis and soccer for a long time.

— Toni Kukoc

Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back

— Tony Adams

Sometimes miracles happen. We have to be confident. We're convinced we can do something really exceptional.

— Fabio Capello

When I'm shouting at the defence, subtitles come up in front of the goal.

— Shay Given

On the playground, I was the type of kid who wanted to sing with the girls, not play soccer with the boys.

— Josie Totah

On this 101st FA Cup Final day, there are just two teams left

— David Coleman

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

— Eduardo Galeano

I grew up playing soccer with the boys - quite far from reading magazines.

— Freja Beha Erichsen

If I'd grown up in Sao Paulo, I'm sure I would've been a great soccer fan.

— Frank Deford

Soccer's a funny sport. You never know. You might find a last-place team beating a first-place team.

— Weston McKennie

We are at a good level. Our secret is that we play the same way against each opponent.

— Lionel Messi

I am the happiest man alive and I am happy for myself, for my family and for my country.

— Lionel Messi