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36 Soccer Quotes

Soccer Quotes

Soccer Quotes

 


 

“Everything is practice.”

-Pelé

 


 

“A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.”

-Rabih Alameddine

 


 

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

-Johan Cruyff

 


 

“Football is the ballet of the masses.”

-Dmitri Shostakovich

 


 

 

“A football team is like a beautiful woman. When you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful.”

-Arsène Wenger

 


 

 

“To see the ball, to run after it, makes me the happiest man in the world.”

-Diego Maradona

 


 

“The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.”

-Dave Checketts

 


 

“Without football (soccer), my life is worth nothing.”

-Cristiano Ronaldo

 


 

“The game is not over till the whistle blows. Meaning don’t give up. Never give up.”

 


 

“What I do is play soccer, which is what I like.”

-Lionel Messi

 


 

“In Europe, it’s different – you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer.”

-Thomas Dooley

 


 

“The door can never be closed for good to any player.”

-Zinedine Zidane

 


 

“For me, soccer was a dance.”

-Rabih Alameddine

 


 

“I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.”

-Eduardo Galeano

 


 

“I like to watch soccer, no matter what teams or players are in the field.”

-Andres Iniesta

 


 

“My heroes were always soccer players.”

-Ronaldinho

 


 

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

-Nelson Falcão Rodrigues

 


 

“Soccer is a magical game.”

-David Beckham

 


 

“Soccer was the first sport that my parents put me in.”

-Channing Tatum

 


 

“As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best.”

-David Beckham

 


 

“I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.”

-Cristiano Ronaldo

 


 

“I love soccer; I want to be on the field.”

-Brandi Chastain

 


 

“For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day.”

-Ronaldinho

 


 

“When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.”

-Diego Maradona

 


 

“To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.”

-Brandi Chastain

 


 

“We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn’t mean I get treated differently.”

-David Beckham

 


 

“I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.”

-Tim Howard

 


 

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

-William “Bill” Shankly

 


 

“It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch.”

-Ronaldinho

 


 

“Soccer isn’t very social. Plus, if you don’t like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.”

-Mia Hamm

 


 

“You have got to shoot, otherwise you can’t score.”

-Johan Cruyff

 


 

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

-Pelé

 


 

“The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any soccer player.”

-Lionel Messi

 


 

“What we are missing over here is the life of soccer.”

-Thomas Dooley

 


 

“I love football, I’ve never really taken an interest in anything else.”

-Wayne Rooney

 


 

“It’s too easy to blame other people in football.”

-Steven Gerrard