Soccer Football Quotes

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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All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.

Mitchell Thomas

Funny, Soccer, Football

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

Desmond Morris

Soccer, Lying, Past

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

Nelson Rodrigues

Soccer, Football, Balls

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

Ugo Ehiogu

Soccer, Football, Footy

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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 can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.

Stuart Pearce

Soccer, Football, Tunnels

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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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Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.

Les Ferdinand

Funny, Soccer, Football

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

Alan Shearer

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

David Beckham

Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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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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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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Football is the ballet of the masses.

Dmitri Shostakovich

Soccer, Football, Philosophical

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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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In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.

Eduardo Galeano

Soccer, Team, Party

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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

Soccer, Football, Player

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International football is the continuation of war by other means.

George Orwell

Soccer, Football, War

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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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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 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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Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.

Mia Hamm

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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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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