Football Quote by Ali Daei

Our soccer has always been weak in team-work. Iranians have been the best in the world individually, but as a team we are one…

— Ali Daei

Playing in Europe has been very good for our players in making progress and if more come here then I think it will help…

— Ali Daei

We have a rare chance to pursue a new path, a different, better future that delivers progress for both our peoples and the wider…

— Barack Obama

Iran are very strong because we have many good players playing top-class football in Spain, Germany and England.

— Ali Daei

Iran is the latest expression of a deep, ancient, powerful culture that's different than ours. And we don't know how it's going to play…

— Barack Obama

Iran has been strong in individual sports like wrestling, judo and weightlifting, but we have never excelled at team sports.

— Ali Daei

We are in perilous territory the stronger Iran gets. And they're getting stronger. We should make them weaker.

— Ron Johnson

We need more of our players to follow the trend and move to Europe, which is the biggest stage in world football, but we're…

— Park Ji-sung

I think football gave Iranians a reason to once again think about their country.

— Ali Daei

Politics in Iran is not played like American football. It's played like chess. There are multiple moves. You're jumping ahead. And a lot of…

— Gary Sick

Turkish people are very emotional, very passionate about football, really want to see their team do well.

— Ryan Babel

Turkish football serves the cause of nationalism, but not of the nation.

— Orhan Pamuk