Soccer Player Quotes - Page 2

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

  Johan Cruijff

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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

  103 Copy quote

  Show source

• I do not believe there is such a thing as a God.

  George Holyoake

  Soccer, Believe, Atheism

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  5 Copy quote

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

  Mia Hamm

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

  14 Copy quote

• The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.

  Phil Abraham

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

  9 Copy quote

• 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

  21 Copy quote

• Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

  Ronaldo

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

  66 Copy quote

• 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.

  23 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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).

  69 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Ugo Ehiogu

  Soccer, Football, Footy

  42 Copy quote

• 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

  159 Copy quote

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

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Sarcastic

  62 Copy quote

• The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, Sports, Life And Love

  136 Copy quote
• 

  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.

  62 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Mitchell Thomas

  Funny, Soccer, Football

  4 Copy quote

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

  Vinnie Jones

  Funny, Motivational, Soccer

  48 Copy quote

• 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

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Samuel Eto'o

  Soccer, Player, Games

  12 Copy quote

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

  Bryan Robson

  Soccer, Football, Week

  5 Copy quote

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

  Graeme Le Saux

  Soccer, Opening Ceremony, Funny Soccer

  5 Copy quote

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

  Derek Johnstone

  Soccer, Brain, Footballer

  4 Copy quote

• Whoever invented soccer should be worshipped as God.

  Hugo Sanchez

  Soccer, Football, Should

  11 Copy quote

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

  Alan Shearer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

  14 Copy quote

• 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

  57 Copy quote