Soccer Quotes · Page 32

Never been crazy enough about soccer to say, 'I'm a Madrid fan until death.'

— Carlos Vela

Soccer may not explain the world or even contain the world. But it makes the world a slightly happier place.

— Pamela Druckerman

I can't stay in the box and wait for the ball. I can't - I would die.

— Thierry Henry

I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.

— John Oliver

In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.

— Andres Iniesta

What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio.

— Gerry Francis

A lot of young women play soccer, and it's wonderful to give them something to aspire to.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

In high school, I made the all-city and all-state soccer teams.

— Clint Smith

“I think you're a shit,’ said Keith sharply. ‘I think much of what you’ve done this season is shit and I think…

— Dougie Brimson

Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly,…

— Yann Martel

If it is the case that you need just a first 11 and three or four more players, then why did Christopher…

— Claudio Ranieri

I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between…

— Roy Keane

Before, I did a lot of things. I played soccer, skateboard. But after my dad passed, I was straight to basketball.

— Dennis Schroder

I want young girls to dream about being professional soccer players instead of just watching the boys go out and play.

— Alex Morgan

I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things…

— Brandi Chastain

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

— Desmond Tutu

We have demonstrated that we are the best, I'm also happy because everyone seems to enjoy our football, whether or not they…

— Lionel Messi

Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy…

— Mike Birbiglia

I was an athlete growing up. I did a lot of sports: soccer, basketball, so I was always so used to hardcore…

— Jacquelyn Jablonski

It is one of my biggest regrets that Niall Quinn was not here during my time... I felt he was an intelligent…

— Arsene Wenger

There is nothing you can be doing in lacrosse on your own in the fall that would be better for you than…

— Dom Starsia

People say I'm hard, I'm Mr Angry. I'm this, I'm that. I just want to win matches. There's no point going out…

— Roy Keane

My first experience was when I played when I was really young, like elementary school. I was a striker, right wing, I…

— Mark Ingram II

There's a constant conflict, really, within me. As much as I really enjoy what I do at home... I play on my…

— Robert Plant

My strength is my distance. I can swim two-and-a-half soccer fields on one breath.

— Tanc Sade

I was a soccer player, but everyone said I was too physical so I moved over to football.

— Chris Hogan

I can shoot a three pointer in basketball, and I can kick a soccer ball.

— Christopher Mintz-Plasse

If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.

— Bill Shankly

Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.

— Henrietta Onodi

It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked

— Barry Davies

Instead of being like the other kids going to soccer or football practice, I was wrestling every day.

— Rey Mysterio

If you aren't the chairman of Manchester United, Real Madrid or AC Milan, I'll get back to you later.

— Joe Kinnear

I am not very tall but I am intelligent as a soccer player.

— Sebastian Giovinco

I had said I didn't mind which shirt I played in, but coming from Diego, № 10 is very special.

— Lionel Messi

I'm a soccer dad at heart. I want five kids, and I want to get married. I want to coach Little League.

— Mekhi Phifer

I'm glad for the equaled record. However, the final numbers really count.

— Fabio Capello

The only thing I can only love in this world is, SOCCER!!

— Gerardo Barragan

I grew up playing every sport: basketball, soccer, baseball, but I really fell in love with American football.

— Ben Shelton

Tottenham, and I hope the English fans will forgive me, are a club in mid-table and I need more.

— Samuel Eto'o