Footballer Quotes

• I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.

  Gary Neville

  Paul Scholes, Scholes

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• Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

  Pele

  Motivational, Success, Soccer

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• You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.

  Eric Cantona

  Change, Football, Team

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• What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

  Thierry Henry

  Soccer, Sports, Work

  FaceBook post by Thierry Henry from Oct 10, 2012

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• If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

  Andres Iniesta

  Sacrifice, Winning, Enjoy

  "Andrés Iniesta: Football isn't a science. We play this way because it suits us" by Sid Lowe, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2012.

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• Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.

  Lionel Messi

  Football, Motivation, Games

  "I've sacrificed everything to be the best in the world" by Paul Smith, www.thesun.co.uk. March 18, 2012.

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• Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.

  Johan Cruijff

  Important, Streets, Coaches

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• Winning means being unafraid to lose.

  Fran Tarkenton

  Inspiring, Happiness, Success

  Fran Tarkenton, Tad Tuleja (1986). “How to motivate people: the team strategy for success”, Harpercollins

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• Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time.

  Wayne Rooney

  Country, Kids, Buzz

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• If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me.

  Cesc Fabregas

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• If you want to be a professional footballer, you have to respect your profession. You have to respect the people that are making you the star you are. You have to protect the passion every day.

  Emmanuel Petit

  Stars, Passion, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

  Johan Cruijff

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study.

  Carles Puyol

  Parent, Becoming, Study

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• If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

  Alan Shearer

  Player, Admire, Paul Scholes

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• Don't waste time on excuses. Just get it done.

  Ralph Marston

  Done, Waste, Wasting Time

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• To be a footballer means being a privileged interpreter of the feelings and dreams of thousands of people.

  Cesar Luis Menotti

  Football, Dream, Mean

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• I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better.

  Tim Cahill

  Love You, Play, Criticism

  "Shooting star: Tim Cahill". Interview with Dan Rookwood, www.smh.com.au. April 2, 2009.

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• I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.

  Jamie Redknapp

  Jobs, Want, Known

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• If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.

  Michael Owen

  Cutting, Half, Ifs

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• The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.

  David Icke

  Being Yourself, Fear, Thinking

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• There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.

  Diego Maradona

  Would Be, World, Debate

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• It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners.

  Roberto Baggio

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. ...being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Football, Running

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• Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

  Thierry Henry

  Soccer, Sports, Football

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

  Rinus Michels

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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