Soccer Quotes · Page 28

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

Not many people like him, he's an angry man. He'd go after his own shadow.

— Stephen Hunt

if four Gaza kids playing soccer were killed Wednesday, as Hamas claims, the terror group is at fault.

— Naftali Bennett

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

— Kevin Keegan

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

— David Beckham

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

— Jimmy Barnes

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

— Colson Whitehead

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

— Sammi Giancola

Soccer is the main sport in Mexico; it's very important for the Mexican people. It's their passion - it's their religion -…

— Lothar Matthaus

I liked living in Japan - the people are really friendly and love their soccer. I had a great experience playing alongside…

— Hulk

“There ain't enough happens in soccer. It's like watching twenty-two hair models kick a ball around for what seems like six months…

— Warren Ellis

I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents,…

— Pele

It's crazy to say that after three games [without a goal] I was in crisis. I do not care whether I score…

— Lionel Messi

I remember the day when they sold Brian Deane and Jan Aage Fjortoft. It was like when President Kennedy got shot.

— Neil Warnock

I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who…

— Vanilla Ice

When I was growing up, you couldn't watch soccer on TV. But now, you can get it on every channel, every hour…

— Julie Foudy

For the longest time people were like, 'Oh you play soccer, what else do you do?' Cause they couldn't believe that you…

— Tobin Heath

Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually…

— Dwight Howard

My father always told me I like the ball more than I like playing soccer: since I was a young kid, I…

— Neymar

If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game… In a…

— Stanley Rous

The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before.…

— Haruki Murakami

When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until…

— Landon Donovan

The natural thing in Africa is to start playing soccer at 8 or 9. You go outside and you play like kids…

— Masai Ujiri

You don't look for jobs. You don't phone up 10 clubs and say, Here I am. You are offered the job. I…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

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

— Rory Delap

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

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

— Eunhyuk

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

— Mick McCarthy

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

— Juan Martin del Potro

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

— Rafael Benitez

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

— Roberto Baggio

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

— Anonymous

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

— Henry Winter

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

— Andrea Pirlo

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

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

— Zeynep Tufekci