Soccer Quotes - Page 8

• If I were going to war I would want to be alongside an Englishman not a Frenchman. The Frenchman would think too much.

  Arsene Wenger

  Football, War, Thinking

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• I know a lot of people in the city, at all levels, horizontally and vertically - and that to me is a privilege, to me as a person but also a writer. I've dined with billionaires, and I play soccer with busboys.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Play, Cities, People

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Aleksandar Hemon". Interview with Rachel Dewoskin, therumpus.net. April 14, 2013.

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• In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Sports, Football

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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• A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class.

  Judith Viorst

  Football, Fall, Class

  Judith Viorst (2010). “Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex”, p.150, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

  Brian Clough

  Death, Gratitude, Appreciation

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

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• I hate sports. My reaction to the ball is this [kicks soccer ball] Don't kick it back to me. I don't wanna see it again.

  Steven Page

  Sports, Hate, Balls

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• God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.

  Ronaldinho

  Football, Writing, Play

  "Ronaldinho’s Corner Kick Goal: Brazilian Star Getting His Old Magic Back". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2011.

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• I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.

  Hope Solo

  Sports, Running, Passion

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• I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.

  Pele

  Inspirational, Player, Thinking

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• Players taught to watch the man with the ball leaves them totally unprepared for the next move, which is always dictated by a player without the ball.

  Tommy Docherty

  Moving, Player, Men

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• All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts and baseball fields. There's hundreds of millions of poor people out there who still ain't got indoor plumbing, but that don't mean there's something great about an outhouse. Soccer is boring. I've never seen a more boring sport.

  Mike Royko

  Sports, Baseball, Mean

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• The rest of the world loves soccer. Surely we must be missing something. Uh, isn't that what the Russians told us about communism? There's a good reason why you don't care about soccer - it's because you are an American and hating soccer is more American than mom's apple pie, driving a pick-up and spending Saturday afternoon channel-surfing with the remote control.

  Tom Weir

  Mom, Hate, World Love

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• I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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

  Derek Johnstone

  Brain, Footballer, Soccer Player

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• Well Kerry, you're 19 and you're a lot older than a lot of people younger than yourself.

  Mike Gray

  People, Wells, Inspirational Soccer

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• The ref was vertically 15 yards away.

  Kevin Keegan

  Yards, Refs

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• Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Life And Death, Important

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• Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Simple, Games

  "Steppe change: how Gareth Southgate became a management guru in Russia" by Stefan Stern, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2018.

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• I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player

  Pele

  Believe, Player, Skills

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• Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.

  Jonathan Woodgate

  Funny, Football, Home

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• That lad must have been born offside.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Funny, Football

  Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

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• Whatever happens, there are always things you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have scored a third. That's perfectionism. That's what makes you progress in life.

  Eric Cantona

  Two, Goal, Progress

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• Whoever invented soccer should be worshipped as God.

  Hugo Sanchez

  Football, Soccer Player, Should

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• I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.

  George Best

  Missing, Ireland And The Irish, World

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