Motivational Soccer Quotes

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

Bobby Charlton

Soccer, Sports, Football

1960 Quoted in Peter Ball and Phil Shaw The Book of Football Quotations (1989).

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Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

George Best

Motivational, Soccer, World

"George Best dies, aged 59" by Mark Oliver, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2005.

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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bo Jackson

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

Mia Hamm

Soccer, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

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In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Soccer, Football, Team

Jean-Paul Sartre (1976). “Theorie des ensembles pratiques”, Verso Books

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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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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

Motivational, Soccer, Sports

"SI Flashback: Soccer's Greatest Genius". Sports Illustrated, June 01, 1999.

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Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Arnold Palmer

Inspirational, Sports, Hard Work

FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

Bill Shankly

Funny, Soccer, Sarcastic

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Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

Mia Hamm

Inspiring, Soccer, Football

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi

Love, Inspirational, Life

Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

Queen Elizabeth II

Soccer, Football, Games

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Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

Alan Shearer

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball.

Nelson Rodrigues

Soccer, Football, Balls

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You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

Arrigo Sacchi

Soccer, Sports, Horse

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

Raul Lopez

Motivational, Soccer, Football

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To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.

J. B. Priestley

Soccer, Men, Two

Good Companions (1929) bk. 1, ch. 1

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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

Pele

Inspirational, Soccer, Athlete

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Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

Oscar Wilde

Girl, Soccer, Football

Quoted in Alvin Redman The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde (1952).

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It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.

Mia Hamm

Soccer, Athlete, Endurance

Mia Hamm, Aaron Heifetz (2013). “Go For The Goal: A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life”, p.23, Harper Collins

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You're never a loser until you quit trying.

Mike Ditka

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

Mia Hamm

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Soccer, Dream, Inspirational Sports

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Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

Bill Shankly

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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