Sports Quote by Robbie Dunne

“He poses the existential question of the modern soccer hooligan: “If football violence doesn’t take place in the stadium, is it even football violence?”

— Franklin Foer

“On 4 June 1924, an advertisement was sent to Madrid-based newspaper, La Libertad, that read: ‘The new sports group, El Rayo, wants to say…

— Robbie Dunne

It has been an honour to defend the colours of a historic club like Deportivo.

— Clarence Seedorf

“The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty.”

— Eduardo Galeano

The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't…

— Valentino Rossi

“As a fan I also left a lot to be desired. Juan Alberto Schiaffino and Julio César Abbadie played for Peñarol, the enemy team.…

— Eduardo Galeano

I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.

— Brandi Chastain

“Soccer's appeal lay in its opposition to the other popular sports. For children of the sixties, there was something abhorrent about enrolling kids in…

— Franklin Foer

“However, football has a life of its own and it seems to outlive us all, even the most influential and historic figures and powerful…

— Brian Belton

“Critics of soccer contend that the game inherently culminates in death and destruction. They argue that the game gives life to tribal identities which…

— Franklin Foer

The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty. When the sport became an industry, the beauty that blossoms from the…

— Eduardo Galeano

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

— Stanley Rous