Soccer Quotes - Page 14

• Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Sports, Football, War

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• If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.

  Tommy Docherty

  Football, Player, Division

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• I had said I didn't mind which shirt I played in, but coming from Diego, № 10 is very special.

  Lionel Messi

  Mind, Special, Shirts

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• I am the happiest man alive and I am happy for myself, for my family and for my country.

  Lionel Messi

  Country, Men, Alive

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• I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team. It was an historic year for Barca and for me but it's thanks to the work of everyone.

  Lionel Messi

  Team, Years, Play

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• We have demonstrated that we are the best, I'm also happy because everyone seems to enjoy our football, whether or not they are Barca fans. All over the world, I've heard people saying that they have been enchanted by us. This type of football deserves to be rewarded with titles.

  Lionel Messi

  Football, People, World

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• I am in a job where you always look in front of you. Unfortunately, the older you get, the less distance there is in front of you...

  Arsene Wenger

  Jobs, Distance, Looks

  "Arsène Wenger dismisses personal landmark to focus on AZ Alkmaar" by David Hytner, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2009.

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• I tried to do everything just as I would before any other match, but it was impossible.

  Xabi Alonso

  Impossible

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• As long as we have the possibility then we still have to fight for it.

  Xabi Alonso

  Fighting, Long, Possibility

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• I'll admit, right away, that I am disappointed that we did not have a major trophy to show for our efforts. We were in four and we had a good side, but when you count second place as failure, then standards are becoming fantastically high. We never celebrate second place here.

  Bob Paisley

  Effort, Trophies, Sides

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• I was aggressive but I played the game because I loved and enjoyed it. I might have hurt people and I got hurt myself a few times, but not with any malice. When I went on to the field I just wanted to play football. I didn't go out to kick anybody purposely. I just enjoyed playing and if that's aggression, then I'm guilty of that.

  Bob Paisley

  Football, Hurt, Games

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• Every advantage has its disadvantage.

  Johan Cruijff

  Advantage, Disadvantages

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• I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

  Johan Cruijff

  Mistake, Hard

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• It's not a problem. In four or five days I will be beautiful once again.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Beautiful, Football, Player

  "Cristiano Ronaldo is modest" by Matt Ufford, uproxx.com. October 4, 2007.

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• For all his horses, knighthoods and championships, he hasn't got two of what I've got. And I don't mean balls!

  Brian Clough

  Horse, Mean, Two

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• You have to control what you can control, not the entire game, and try to play the best soccer possible and play clean and be smart and professional.

  Heather Mitts

  Smart, Games, Play

  Source: soccerlens.com

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• Women's soccer is not heavily publicized, so when you have an opportunity to be in a big magazine that publicity can be good. It definitely helpes as far as awareness about women's soccer.

  Heather Mitts

  Opportunity, Magazines, Publicity

  Source: soccerlens.com

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• Titus Bramble: The only explanation for his existence in the Premiership is that he is already here.

  Pete Gill

  Football, Player, Existence

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• I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Team, Player

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• Bayern's midfielder, Owen Hargreaves, who scampered around the pitch like an office boy on amphetamines for the last 25 minutes or so.

  Rod Liddle

  Football, Boys, Player

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• A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness.

  Pete Gill

  Football, Player, Ordinary

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• There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.

  Ron Atkinson

  Football, Player, Age

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• The last time I saw something that tall standing so still for so long, it was perched on the edge of a cliff shining a light across the sea.

  David Icke

  Football, Player, Light

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• One is never 100 per cent motivated. In winter, when it's raining and you have to go and play a small team in the north, I won't reveal what passes through your mind when you're getting out of the bus.

  Marcel Desailly

  Football, Team, Rain

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• Is he ever going to learn?

  Graham Taylor

  Football, Player

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