Inspirational Soccer Quotes

Keep working even when no one is watching.

I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.

God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.

I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

Well Kerry, you're 19 and you're a lot older than a lot of people younger than yourself.

The rules of soccer are very simple: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.

The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.

Your love makes me strong, Your hate makes me unstoppable".

I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.

The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.

In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.

In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team.

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.

Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

International football is the continuation of war by other means.

When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started...

Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.

I didn't want to be the rebel who was bottom of the class, so I worked hard. They wanted me to stay on for A-Levels, but football came calling - that was my real love.

There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe.

In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball.

I am prepared. The more pressure there is, the stronger I am. In Portugal, we say the bigger the ship, the stronger the storm. Fortunately for me, I have always been in big ships. FC Porto was a very big ship in Portugal, Chelsea was also a big ship in England and Inter was a great ship in Italy. Now I'm at Real Madrid, which is considered the biggest ship on the planet.

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my specialty, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty ; like I did with Barcelona. And here, there's every reason to think I can do it.

The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.

Football is the ballet of the masses.

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

I've never played for a draw in my life.

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

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.