Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport. — Serge Schmemann
Soccer is what I grew up doing - it's my passion, and I'm way more comfortable on the field in my soccer cleats. — Alex Morgan
I love football, football is my life. — Wayne Rooney
Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game — Tessa Bonhomme
What I do is play soccer, which is what I like. — Lionel Messi
To me, life without soccer would be like living a mindless and empty life. — Eunhyuk
My heroes were always soccer players. — Ronaldinho
I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose. — Woody Hayes
Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. — Johan Cruyff
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. — Bryant Gumbel
That’s why we love football: it’s not about the money or about the hairstyle or the dancing. We want to see beautiful goals, great tackles, fair play, and all this stuff. — Paul Pogba
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last. — Ronaldinho
Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins. — Gary Lineker
If soccer was an American soft drink, it would be Diet Pepsi — Lewis Grizzard
I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it. — Nick Hornby
Short Soccer Love Quotes
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. — Tom Landry
The best football is always about expression of emotion. Always. — Jurgen Klopp
I learned all about life with a ball at my feet — Ronaldinho
It's been my life, Tottenham Hotspur,
and I love the club. — Bill Nichols
Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. — Jose Mourinho
Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay. — Ann Coulter
Football is just a game. What matters is what you play for. — Ernie Davis
Football is like life and I know life. — Rush Limbaugh
Life is great, football is better. — Steve Sabol
I am a huge sports fan. — Kris Allen
Soccer Love Image Quotes
Your mind will always believe everything you tell it. Feed it hope. Feed it truth. Feed it with love.
Soccer Quotes
There is no pressure when you are making a dream come true. — Neymar
It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one in… and he's a villain. — Ian Rush
Keep working even when no one is watching. — Alex Morgan
The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.
I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet. — Zinedine Zidane
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. — Ronaldinho
Your love makes me strong, Your hate makes me unstoppable. — Cristiano Ronaldo
Everyone comes with baggage. Find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack.
It would've cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation. But it would also be humiliating for Celtic. So we paid all the bills. Celtic means the same to me as it does to other fans. I identify with the club and wish to be proud of it. — Fergus McCann
My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also enjoy tennis. We have 3 cats. — Juliet Mills
I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else. — Abby Wambach
Anyone who sacrifices his dreams to reality is forever beaten. — Thomas Muller
Soccer Football Quotes
When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong. — Dennis Bergkamp
A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful — Arsene Wenger
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. — Ronaldinho
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he's in a shampoo commercial. — Diego Maradona
If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother. — Bo Jackson
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man. — Pele
If I cut you off chances are you handed me the scissors.
I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy. I loved soccer, as you call it, or sports in general. The first time I was a bridesmaid, to my auntie, I refused to go down the aisle without my football shorts underneath my dress. — Cara Delevingne
If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later. — Bob Paisley
In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves. — Bill Shankly
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence. — Bobby Charlton
Soccer Is My Life Quotes
Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life. — George Best
The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona. — Diego Maradona
In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team. — Jean-Paul Sartre
To love a person is to see all of their magic, and to remind them of it when they have forgotten.
In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life. — George Best
I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me, soccer was life. — Marcelo Balboa
Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game. — Queen Elizabeth II
Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.
Whatever happens, there are always things you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have scored a third. That's perfectionism. That's what makes you progress in life. — Eric Cantona
The real revelation of a player's character is not in his social life but in how he plays. In my social life I can hide my real personality. — Arsene Wenger
The rules of soccer are very simple: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does. — Phil Woosnam
Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians. — Johan Cruijff
Great Soccer Quotes
He does things I have never seen from any other player and it really is marvellous to watch. It takes a great player to grab the bull by the horns and make things happen, but he has done it repeatedly. He has been even better than people here thought he would be and that's saying something. — Cristiano Ronaldo
What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment. — Thierry Henry
I think sport can play a really positive role in young girls’ lives and be great to see as many of them playing sport as possible. — Ellyse Perry
I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love and a little drunk.
There is a great gulf between the Christianity that wrestles with whether to worship at the cost of imprisonment and death, and the Christianity that wrestles with whether the kids should play soccer on Sunday morning. — John Piper
I got to move on. I got to keep making winning plays. I got to keep competing. I got to keep finding ways to help my team be great. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
Being together on the field as a group, operating as a team, making important plays is a great thing. — Ellyse Perry
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on. — John Lambie
I only think about the pitch. I want to do great. I want to be one of the best. I want to win titles. I want to achieve things. — Paul Pogba
In Britain, we don’t appreciate people who have been a major success in sport. It is grudgingly given to you. — Stephen Hendry
I love playing in China. The crowds here value success more than British people seem to. — Stephen Hendry
Soccer Team Quotes
When I first met him [James Galanis], he just said, "Look, if you want to be a professional soccer player, if you want to make the national team, you have to do everything possible to work hard. You’ve got to put it number one." — Carli Lloyd
Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that. — Alex Ferguson
I’m in the team to score goals. I try and score as many as I can in the season to help the team out. — Harry Kane
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back — Tony Adams
How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? — Desmond Tutu
Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day. — John Bishop
A strong person loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, perseveres... No matter what life throws at them.
In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team. — Eduardo Galeano
When the team is doing well, individual performances don’t count. — Smriti Mandhana
I’m going to do whatever it takes for me and my team to be successful. — Giannis Antetokounmpo
College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles. — Paul McAllister
Soccer Player Quotes
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. — Ronaldo
It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners. — Roberto Baggio
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. — Bill Shankly
I tell you that the coaches are like cardiologists – they have to enter the player in their hearts so that the message reaches them. — Mikel Arteta
We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought. — Bobby Robson
Every day is important, every act is important. The secret is that the people, players and staff have to believe what you are trying to deliver. — Mikel Arteta
Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. We're in it for the bigger goal - to move it along for the next generation. — Landon Donovan
To see the line between being good and bad is really thin. It’s not easy for anyone, not the manager, the players or the staff. — Mikel Arteta
I try to be a complete player – in attack and in defense – and to improve every year. — Antoine Griezmann
Sure we have skilled players, but the biggest thing might just be that we are so well conditioned and how we can play for 90 minutes at a high tempo which is needed in soccer at an international level. — Claudio Reyna
Soccer Mom Quotes
I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment. — Brandi Chastain
My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played. — Brandi Chastain
I'm puttin' pressure on you kids like I'm a soccer mom. — Vinnie Paz
I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game. — Neil Diamond
Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking. — Ann Coulter
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. — Freddy Adu
If (environmentalists) want to continue to beat those drums to solicit money from concerned soccer moms, they can do that. The reality on the ground is things are better as a result of Gale Norton's tenure. — Christopher West
I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike. — Anne Northup
Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level. — Ann Coulter
Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys... Saturdays at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house... and a date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn't stay awake for both. — Michelle Obama
Soccer Fans Quotes
When I think of how special Anfield is and how special Liverpool is, everywhere around the world everyone is talking about Liverpool, it is because of the fan base. — John W. Henry
The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers! — Bill Shankly
We know there is a very powerful fan base for Liverpool in Asia. We are not embarrassed to say we want to exploit that. — John W. Henry
I went to the final of the Champions League, and I scored 32 goals. This pressure does not weigh too much. I’m on the field to have fun and give pleasure to the fans. — Antoine Griezmann
I was a fan myself, and I know what it’s like. If someone comes out of the blocks and scores 31 goals in one season, then you think, ‘OK, was that a one-off, or will he do it again?’ — Harry Kane
Some fans keep booing and whistling at me because I'm handsome, rich and a great player. They envy me. — Cristiano Ronaldo
Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool. — Bill Shankly
I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa. — Claudio Reyna
Cristiano Ronaldo's was the most exciting debut I've ever seen. There have been a few players described as 'The New George Best' over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me. — George Best
If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be. — Bill Shankly
Soccer Coach Quotes
I love the game of basketball, and as long as I can do that, keep playing and try to get some more championships with the organization, I’ll be happy. — Kawhi Leonard
More girls are taking up sport and realising it’s a legitimate option for them to forge a career. — Ellyse Perry
I’ve always been working hard on my speed for the last few years. Obviously I’m not slow, but as a striker, the more speed you have, the better you are. — Harry Kane
I’m just living in the moment, trying to win every game. That’s all I’m focused on. — Kawhi Leonard
Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost. — Rinus Michels
Criticism is part of being at a club like Arsenal. You always have to win and when you’re not winning you have to be prepared for that. It’s part of your job. — Mikel Arteta
I play cricket. I’m a professional cricketer and I guess my job is to hopefully help Australia win games of cricket. — Ellyse Perry
After an international break you do not know if they are in the frame of mind to come back and do the things necessary to win this league. — Mikel Arteta
It isn’t hard to practise finishing. You can do it on your own: just take a couple of touches and shoot at goal. You can do it with whatever equipment you have. — Harry Kane
My game is based on improvisation. Often a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders. — Ronaldinho
The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory. — Sepp Herberger
The game changed. We changed it, and we’re here to play the new one. — Charles Hoskinson
I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game. — Ron White
Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer. — David Acfield
Those friendly games are not pointless. They enable us to go forward. — Didier Deschamps
Goal-line technology is a good thing. The ref gets the signal and can decide based on that. — Didier Deschamps
Of course my base and my favorite thing is striking, and I will do a lot of striking because I love this game. — Valentina Shevchenko
I have tried to convince the players that if we work on certain things in training, they will happen in games and we will score goals from them. — Mikel Arteta
Personally, I love training, and getting paid to play football is incredible. Playing the game and working hard is what I have always dreamed of doing. — Harry Kane
For me, growing up and watching Test cricket and absolutely loving it, that’s been the pinnacle for me with cricket. — Ellyse Perry
I'm from Wisconsin, and I love snowboarding, hiking, yoga and soccer. — Jessica Szohr
Every time I enter the field, it’s like, ‘Smriti, you have to score.’ And I love that responsibility. — Smriti Mandhana
I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer. — Paul Pogba
I would say, in a year, I spend maybe half of that playing FIFA. I love it that much. — KSI
I played basketball when I was little because it was fun for me. It still is now. I just love it. I have a passion for it. — Kawhi Leonard
I have so much love for football, that I think is the reason why I seek refuge in training – I’m always guided by that desire to conquer, to win. — Kylian Mbappe
The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed. — Eric Cantona
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. — Roy Keane
I’d love to be captain of Tottenham and hopefully England as well. — Harry Kane
I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing. — Eric Idle
I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear. — Ian Astbury
I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made. — Rafael Nadal
Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer. — Viggo Mortensen
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it. — Eduardo Galeano
The atmosphere is not that great there. We would love to have in Paris a crowd like they have in Marseille. — Didier Deschamps
I played on the boy's teams until I was 12. I just loved it and had a passion for it. You couldn't get a soccer ball away from my foot. — Lauren Holiday
I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe. — Hope Solo
I love how the soccer guys just fall when they get kicked and go baby crying.They try to explain to the referee like he's their mother: "Wah! Did you see what he did?" Then they get back to playing soccer again. — Pablo Francisco
I was aggressive but I played the game because I loved and enjoyed it. I might have hurt people and I got hurt myself a few times, but not with any malice. When I went on to the field I just wanted to play football. I didn't go out to kick anybody purposely. I just enjoyed playing and if that's aggression, then I'm guilty of that. — Bob Paisley
I'm lucky to be doing what I love, and I appreciate that I can make a good living doing it. I love to play soccer-whether it's in a game, practice or playing with friends-so it isn't like I'm under pressure at all. — Landon Donovan
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. — Genevieve Cortese
I love soccer; I want to be on the field. — Brandi Chastain
I'm a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London - I love that team, I wear their symbol around my neck on a chain - I've always had a soft spot for this little club. — Adam Richman
Since I was a kid, I've wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general ... But tennis is my passion. — Rafael Nadal
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. — Frank Lampard
I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer. — Steve Rushin
My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable. — Ian McShane
I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family. — Hope Solo
I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports. — Landon Donovan
Soccer is my first love. Ive been playing since I was 4 years old. I traveled the world doing it. I broke my leg when I was 16 or 17, and acting kind of filled the void. — Kyle Schmid
I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now. — Geezer Butler
My dad had a couple of professions in mind for me. He either wanted me to be a doctor because he said male doctors make a lot of money, or he wanted me to be a soccer player. Myself, I thought that I would really love being a pilot for the Air Force. I really wanted to be a part of the Air Force. — Wilmer Valderrama
Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses. — Brian Clough
Love is good for footballers, as long as it is not at half-time. — Richard Møller Nielsen
I love soccer, love tennis... Roger Federer has been a favourite for a long, long time. The kind of consistency he has shown, 16 Grand Slam titles... The way he handles himself in pressure situations is admirable... He is so calm... In soccer, I'm a huge fan of Barcelona... I like watching Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and David Villa. — Virat Kohli
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