Soccer Quotes

It's crazy to say that after three games [without a goal] I was in crisis. I do not care whether I score or not, what matters is that the team win and continue to do so.

We know that we are close to making history.

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

They have weaknesses, the same ones which every attack-minded team has. I'm sure that they will concede more than one at El Madrigal

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

That's a question mark everyone's asking

Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.

Poverty is good for nothing, except perhaps for football.

Everyone has to remember, I've always said that soccer is my number-one sport.

The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck.

I never promise anything. I don't promise anything to my mum. I don't promise anything to the supporters.

I don't think about one trick or the other, they just happen.

When you've got a player who does what he does at that pace this late in the game than you know you've got an invaluable talent.

I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.

He was a player that hasn't had to use his legs even when he was nineteen years of age because his first two yards were in his head.

I do not believe there is such a thing as a God.

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

He predicts things. I have often heard him say things which are proved right minutes later. Its really impressive - almost mystical.

My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.

I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete and especially love soccer.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Music was important. Football was the easy part.

I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester.

I'm not going to make a present of Santa.

To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.

Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.

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

They could've thrown a kitchen sink into the box and one of the guys would've headed it.

I always tell Cristiano before training, 'If you do stepovers on me, I will break your legs and rip up your shirt.' I have no wish to have the mickey taken out of me all week.

Only if we realise how sh*t we were at Blackburn can we improve.

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.

When two peoples share a common passion: they are capable of empathising with each other's misery.

Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire. Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.

Despite the rain, it's still raining here at Old Trafford.

"By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply."

It was a game we should have won. We lost it because we thought we were going to win it. But then again, I thought that there was no way we were going to get a result there.

You have to control what you can control, not the entire game, and try to play the best soccer possible and play clean and be smart and professional.

What are they going to do, shoot me? It's not war you know.

Shearer could be at 100% fitness, but not peak fitness.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

International football is the continuation of war by other means.

He's got great credentials by winning the World Cup, but he did it with Brazil - my granny could probably have managed Brazil to World Cup success.

That goal surprised most people, least of all myself

I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.

We deserved to lose and it was a good result for us, considering the way we played in the second half.

I never cry about what I don't have. I'm always positive.

When I was in elementary school, the coach of our school (soccer) team personally unearthed my talents.

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.

Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.