Soccer Quotes - Page 6

• I think foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kabobs.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

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• Mind you, I've been here during the bad times too - one year we came second.

  Bob Paisley

  Years, Mind, Bad Times

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• On another night, they'd have won 2-2.

  Ron Atkinson

  Night

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• Is the Pope Catholic. No I'm serious. I really need to know.

  David Beckham

  Catholic, Needs, Serious

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• Moreano thought that the full back was gonna come up behind and give him one really hard.

  Ron Atkinson

  Giving, Come Up, Behinds

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• Chris Eagles flew in on Shaun Wright-Phillips, so hard he almost broke the hyphen.

  Henry Winter

  Football, Player, Eagles

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• He hit the post, and after the game people will say, well, he hit the post.

  Jimmy Greaves

  Games, People, Wells

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• This is an unusual Scotland side because they have good players.

  Javier Clemente

  Football, Player, Scotland

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• My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Sports, Player, Natural

  "Is African Soccer the NBA’s New Breeding Ground?" by Ange Kagame, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2015.

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• Raul, man, he's like a Twinkie. He would survive a nuclear war.

  Ray Hudson

  War, Men, Nuclear

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• Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve.

  Lorrie Fair

  Player, Practice, Aggravation

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• Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I've learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I go, that's what kids are playing. That's what people are talking about.

  Bill Gates

  Kids, Talking, People

  "More Than a Goal: End Polio" by Bill Gates, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

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• Give the opponents more than one reason to stare at your feet.

  Lionel Messi

  Feet, Giving, Opponents

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• A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments, soccer games, romances, best friends, location of friend's houses, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

  Matt Groening

  Dream, Children, Men

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• I'm a total soccer freak. I total soccer freak. Absolute total.

  Robert Plant

  Freak, Absolutes

  "New Again: Robert Plant". Interview With Emily McDermott, Mark Ginsburg, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 12, 2013.

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• I don't like soccer. I think it makes you soft. And by the way, you telling me it's the biggest whatever in the World, look, they drink tea everywhere too; they're pussies, you understand? I want some coffee.

  Adam Carolla

  Coffee, Thinking, Tea

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• I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

  Jake Epstein

  Player, Rabbi, Wanted

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• If we had known there was biting in soccer, we would have started watching years ago.

  Peter Sagal

  Years, Biting, Known

  "Who's Bill This Time". "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" with Bill Kurtis, www.npr.org. June 27, 2014.

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• I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.

  Lee Hendrie

  Football, Ankles, Footy

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• Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football.

  Ondino Viera

  Football, Country, Other Countries

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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

  Football, Player, Directors

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• Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

  Thierry Henry

  Sports, Football, Goal

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

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• You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.

  Jose Mourinho

  Motivational, Beautiful, Stars

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• I was always taught as a kid if you do something, do it right. If not, go do something else. For me, soccer was life.

  Marcelo Balboa

  Kids, Taught, Ifs

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

  Mitchell Thomas

  Funny, Football, Dots

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