36 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
