Soccer Player Quotes - Page 2

• If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Player

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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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• If we played like that every week, we wouldn't be so inconsistent.

  Bryan Robson

  Soccer, Football, Week

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• He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head.

  Derek Johnstone

  Soccer, Brain, Footballer

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• The most important thing for a forward is speed of thought. Top players read the game.

  Samuel Eto'o

  Soccer, Player, Games

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

  Vinnie Jones

  Funny, Motivational, Soccer

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• I loathed the game, and since I could see no pleasure or usefulness in it, it was very difficult for me to show courage at it. Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting.

  George Orwell

  Soccer, Football, Fighting

  George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.36, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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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• The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.

  Graeme Le Saux

  Soccer, Opening Ceremony, Funny Soccer

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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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• 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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• If you're 0-0 down, there's no-one better to get you back on terms than Ian Wright.

  Robbie Earle

  Soccer, Term, Ifs

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• Whoever invented soccer should be worshipped as God.

  Hugo Sanchez

  Soccer, Football, Should

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

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Soccer, Football

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• When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be a professional soccer player and a comedian in off season.

  Will Ferrell

  Soccer, Player, Comedian

  "Duncan Riddle - America's Adult Soccer Ambassador". Interview with Diane Scavuzzo, goalnation.com. October 19, 2015.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

  Mia Hamm

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

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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 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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• When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started...

  Jose Mourinho

  Motivational, Soccer, Games

  "Look, listen and learn" by Simon Garfield, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2007.

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• If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

  Mia Hamm

  Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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