Soccer famous quotes
04-12-2025
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There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.
-- A. A. Gill -
You can do as many sprints as you want but there's nothing like playing in a 90-minute soccer game. There's no better way to gain your fitness, in my opinion, than playing in consistent games.
-- Abby Wambach -
Today was about execution, period. Every single player, all of us in the dressing room right now, we’re embarrassed because that’s not the way we want to play soccer.
-- Abby Wambach -
Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as the prominent manifestation of a "class war" that is largely a continuation of the "race war" of yesterday.
-- Achille Mbembe -
I don't like soccer. I think it makes you soft. And by the way, you telling me it's the biggest whatever in the World, look, they drink tea everywhere too; they're pussies, you understand? I want some coffee.
-- Adam Carolla -
Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
-- Adam Oates -
I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.
-- Ade Akinbiyi -
At 15, 16, you think you're going to be captain of England. But I realised it wasn't going to happen for me on a windy November night in Darlington, coming to my peak at the age of 23 but still playing for Mansfield Town.
-- Aidy Boothroyd -
On current form, both teams will probably lose.
-- Aidy Boothroyd -
He's not fit, either physically or biomechanically.
-- Aidy Boothroyd -
In general I like a guy who is athletic, somebody who can teach me something. Whether it's teaching me a new way to cut on a wave or teach me a three-point conversion or teach me how to dribble a soccer ball. There's something really cool about that.
-- Aimee Teegarden -
One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.
-- Al Kaline -
The boys feet have been up in the clouds since the win
-- Alan Buckley -
The club continued to make significant player decisions without involving me. In the end, such a breach of trust and confidence meant that I had no option but to leave.
-- Alan Curbishley -
A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence
-- Alan Green -
Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that
-- Alan Green -
This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.
-- Alan Green -
It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
-- Alan Green -
Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble.
-- Alan Hansen -
Wembley way is beginning to blacked with people in terms of red and blue
-- Alan Jackson -
There isn't an injury known to man that Bryan Robson hasn't had.
-- Alan Parry -
A win tonight is the minimum City must achieve
-- Alan Parry -
And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season
-- Alan Parry -
I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.
-- Alan Shearer -
All I know of morality I learned from football
-- Albert Camus -
If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.
-- Alex Ferguson -
I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.
-- Alex Ferguson -
Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us.
-- Alex Ferguson -
I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don't fly. They're the subs for the first ones. And then the second ones take over - so it's teamwork.
-- Alex Ferguson -
They had Jan Venegoor of...whatever you call him.
-- Alex Ferguson -
You have to put all the criticism of this club down to jealousy. United have produced more players who have played for their country, more world-class players and more players who have won European Footballer of the Year than any other team in this country, so we must be doing something right.
-- Alex Ferguson -
I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City.
-- Alex Ferguson -
I think Sepp Blatter is in danger...or has reached a point now, where he is being mocked within the game. Whether he's getting too old, I don't know. But things can happen to people in power. Look at some of the despots in Africa... From a position of great power, he has uttered so many ridiculous statements that he is in danger of seriously damaging his credibility.
-- Alex Ferguson -
Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure.
-- Alex Ferguson -
The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.
-- Alex Ferguson -
I don't run straight at a constant pace; soccer is always a change of pace and movement.
-- Alex Morgan -
I don't pay attention to target audiences and therefore I often hear that I am a ratings killer, somebody who fundamentally doesn't care whether one person is watching or an entire soccer stadium.
-- Alexander Kluge -
Red Bull is committed to providing not only quality domestic soccer, but also quality international soccer. You can't get much better than Barcelona. Our entire organization is excited about the opportunity to play one of the premier teams in the world.
-- Alexi Lalas -
Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.
-- Ali Larter -
I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it.
-- Alicia Sacramone -
When I saw contestants fighting for their lives on 'The Biggest Loser,' I realized I just wanted to be healthy - to have fun playing soccer with my son or teaching my daughter to shoot hoops. Then it was so much easier to say no to carbs, soda, or dessert, and the weight just came off.
-- Alison Sweeney -
Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice.
-- Alton Brown -
I would just as likely be doing soccer practice as filming commercials.
-- Alyson Hannigan -
I had a soccer double, but most of what is in the movie is me!
-- Amanda Bynes -
I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it would be stupid for me to box.
-- Andrea Bocelli -
In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.
-- Andres Iniesta -
I like to watch soccer, no matter what teams or players are in the field.
-- Andres Iniesta -
I don't like writing straight-up thrillers. I like writing about families hurled into crisis and danger - soccer moms and regular dads and husbands who might have to rescue their daughters or who are, say, hedge fund managers and have one foot on the sidelines watching their kids and the other in nefarious cover-ups and conspiracies.
-- Andrew Gross -
Michael Sanchez and I grew up in New Jersey, not far from here, playing soccer together. When I was in high school, I worked to start an organization to help senior citizens, which I learned a great deal from.
-- Andrew Shue -
I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.
-- Andrew Shue -
I don't like to see players tossed off needlessly.
-- Andy Gray -
United have spent all season commemorating the 50th anniversary of Busby's decision to defy the Football League and take the club on a tragic and triumphant journey into Europe, but no orchestrated event could conjure the celebrations ignited by last night's outstanding obliteration of Roma or deliver a more fitting tribute.
-- Andy Hunter -
I play fantasy basketball and fantasy football, soccer.
-- Andy Murray -
Someday when you're twenty, maybe, I'll see you again. You'll be this hot soccer star at some great school, with a million guys more interesting than I am chasing you down. And you know what? I'll see you and I'll pray you want me still.
-- Ann Brashares -
Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay.
-- Ann Coulter -
High national emotions are permissible when a soccer team is playing precisely because they are impermissible at most other times. There aren't, simply, many other places where you can sing your national anthem until you lose your voice without causing a riot. In the context of soccer, flag-waving nationalism - even chauvinistic, anti-foreigner, flag-waving nationalism - is acceptable in Britain.
-- Anne Applebaum -
I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike.
-- Anne Northup -
In 2001 Steve Staunton became the record cap holder for which country? Brazil.
-- Anne Robinson -
If there is a defining aspect of UNC women's soccer, and its success, it is what we call the competitive cauldron. It is the pinnacle of our program. The great part about the cauldron is that it fosters a quality we can all possess. It isn't a talent we are born with. Competitive drive is not governed by innate ability, but by self-discipline and desire
-- Anson Dorrance -
You'd better get onto MI6. They'll be in charge of security at the airport." "Of course." Sir Graham moved toward the door. He stopped and turned around. "And what happens if you're wrong?" he inquired. "What happens if these soccer players do somehow get killed?" Kellner shrugged. "At least we'll know what we're dealing with," he said. "And they lost every single one of their games while they were in Nigeria. I'm sure we can put together another team.
-- Anthony Horowitz -
Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.
-- Arsene Wenger -
At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
-- Arsene Wenger -
If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.
-- Arsene Wenger -
If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.
-- Arsene Wenger -
I am in a job where you always look in front of you. Unfortunately, the older you get, the less distance there is in front of you.
-- Arsene Wenger -
The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality.
-- Arsene Wenger -
After all these years, I'm finally into soccer. The World Cup is on, and my band is an international group - they're all around me, cheering in the hotel bars.
-- Art Garfunkel -
By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day working, car pooling, building Lego castles and shopping for the precisely correct soccer cleat.
-- Ayelet Waldman -
Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm.
-- Barry Davies -
He's marked his entrance with an error of some momentum
-- Barry Davies -
It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked
-- Barry Davies -
And Watford acknowledge the support of the crowd, indeed of the crowd that supported them
-- Barry Davies -
Poland nil, England nil, though England are now looking the better value for their nil.
-- Barry Davies -
I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.
-- Barry Venison -
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-- Berenice Abbott -
Remember I've seen a video tape of a Scotland-England match and I've seen him miss a chance from five yards. It was against England and he couldn't score. So what does that say?
-- Berti Vogts -
If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim.
-- Berti Vogts -
I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
-- Bill Parcells -
Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
-- Bill Shankly -
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
-- Bill Shankly -
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
-- Bill Shankly -
What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
-- Bill Shankly -
At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
-- Bill Shankly -
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
-- Bill Shankly -
We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
-- Bill Shankly -
Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.
-- Bill Shankly -
It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
-- Bill Shankly -
If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.
-- Bill Shankly -
There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.
-- Bill Simmons -
I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter's soccer games. I hit most of them. I try to go to all of them.
-- Bill Simmons -
,000 people in Hampden Park. Of course they're all Scottish. Because no one else goes there. The English have an unwritten rule: they only go to places they might get back from.
-- Billy Connolly -
Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.
-- Billy Connolly -
If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
-- Bo Jackson
