Footy Quotes

• I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.

  Stuart Pearce

  Soccer, Football, Tunnels

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• Germany are a very difficult team to play... they have eleven internationals out there today.

  Steve Lomas

  Funny, Soccer, Team

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• You've got to believe you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.

  Peter Shilton

  Motivational, Soccer, Believe

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• For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.

  John Motson

  Football, Black And White, Yellow

  Quoted in Motson's National Obsession (2004).

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• Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win

  Vinnie Jones

  Funny, Motivational, Soccer

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• I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd

  Johnny Giles

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• 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.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Funny, Soccer

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• I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.

  Alan Shearer

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• I'm as happy as I can be-but I have been happier.

  Ugo Ehiogu

  Soccer, Football, I Can

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• Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.

  Jonathan Woodgate

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

  Ian Rush

  Funny, Soccer, Football

  'It Was Like Living in a Foreign Country' by Lee Honeyball, www.theguardian.com. February 06, 2005.

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• I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.

  Barry Venison

  Soccer, Football, Intellectual

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• I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.

  David Beckham

  Funny, Soccer, Football

  "Together by Richard Sennett - review" by Nicholas Lezard, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2013.

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• I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.

  Ron Atkinson

  Funny, Basketball, Football

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• He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces

  Ron Atkinson

  Soccer, Football, Funny Sports

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• My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Soccer, Football

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• If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the beginning of the day.

  H. L. Hunt

  Funny, Soccer, Believe

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• One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

  Alan Shearer

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.

  Terry Venables

  Funny, Soccer, Stupid

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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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• I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league.

  Mark Viduka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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• Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Football, Thinking

  "They said it: Jose Mourinho". www.fifa.com. May 27, 2016.

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• I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.

  Ade Akinbiyi

  Soccer, Sunday, Games

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• I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

  Brian Clough

  Soccer, Football, Imperfection

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

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• Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Ignorance, Empathy, Apathy

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