Soccer Football Quotes

The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past.

Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. There is no pressure in football

To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.

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

I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that's playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.

We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

I'm as happy as I can be-but I have been happier.

Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.

I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.

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.

There's no in between-you're either good or bad. We were in between.

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

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football.

I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.

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

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.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

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.

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.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league.

I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.

You've got to believe you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

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.

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

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.

Football is the ballet of the masses.

Mind you, I've been here during the bad times too - one year we came second.

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.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.

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

I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

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

All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

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.