Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tony DiCicco

Overseas, kids grow up in a soccer culture. The German player sees the game eons above the American player the same age.

Tony DiCicco

Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being smart, fair enough.

Tony DiCicco

At a youth soccer game you'll probably hear parents and coaches on the sidelines yelling, 'Pass the ball! Pass the ball!' ... When we continually tell our young players to pass the ball, we're not allowing them to develop their full potential, especially those who have the ability to take their opponents on and beat them one-on-one. As a result, we run the risk of diminishing a player's artistry and potential.

Steven Gerrard

The odds were against us, but we deserve to be where we are.

Steven Gerrard

How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this? I am really happy with the club. I will be having talks with the chairman and the manager shortly, but it is looking good. Liverpool fans are crazy, they were unbelievable, and I'd like to dedicate this victory to them.

Steven Gerrard

I will be the one lifting that trophy, not Paolo Maldini. Imagine me hoisting the trophy. It is an image I have in my mind and I want to make it a reality. We have world-class players and, believe me, they are in the mood to do it. The atmosphere around the club at the moment is just top-class.

Steven Gerrard

I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss.

Steven Gerrard

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.

Steven Gerrard

I watched Italia '90 with my Mum and Dad and my brother, you know, leaping around the house when the penalties were on... It would be great to be part of that, to have that kind of impact.

Steven Gerrard

To me it's the best trophy you can win and to bring it back for all them fans that have supported us right through would be something special.

Steven Gerrard

There is going to be a lot asked of me over the next few weeks but I am getting more experience now and learning all the time.

Steven Gerrard

We were massive underdogs at the beginning of the competition and I'll put my hands up say and I didn't think we were going to go all the way. But, as you can see, we are never beaten. The manager told us to keep our chins up, to try and score early in the second half and give some respect for the fans. The first goal gave us a bit of belief. The supporters have saved up for weeks and months to come here. I am so happy to lift the cup for the fans.

Steven Gerrard

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.

Steven Gerrard

I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result.

Steven Gerrard

This club is all about winning trophies and we've got a chance of bringing the greatest trophy of them all back to Anfield, so it means a great deal obviously.

Steven Gerrard

I tried to nutmeg him. It never came off and he gave me a slap on the back of the head and told me to start behaving

Steven Gerrard

It will be the proudest moment of my life leading Liverpool out. I've dreamed of this day since I was a kid, kicking a ball against the wall in the street where I lived. What could be better than leading Liverpool out for the Champions League final? Only lifting the trophy. We need everyone, all 11 players who start and the subs, to be ready to give everything. We need that mentality, when everyone has to put everything on the line for Liverpool. That is what it will take to win. We have to make sure we don't have any regrets at the final whistle.

Steven Gerrard

Even now I can say I'd love to finish my career here, and then stay in the game after that.

Steven Gerrard

We need to forget about mistakes and take the positives.

Steve McClaren

He is inexperienced but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through.

Steve Bruce

They've kicked our backsides... we've got to lick our wounds...

Roger Federer

For me, it's important that a fan can buy something that is related to me. Like in soccer, you buy a shirt and it's got somebody's name on the back. That's kind of a cool thing.

Roger Federer

I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.

Sabrina Bryan

Staying healthy through movement and eating well gives you tons of energy and helps mold the skills that allow you to achieve goals from playing soccer to doing a tough homework assignment to writing a song.

Steve Earle

At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

Steve Coppell

Nine months of misery.

Steve Coppell

It sounds blase but there is a certain amount of luck. We'd all like to take a certain amount of credit for Kevin Doyle... But I can't really remember what it was I particularly liked about Kevin when I watched him in Ireland. I had five pints of Guinness in the afternoon and it was all a bit blurred.

Rio Ferdinand

Do you know who I am? Why, have you forgotten?

Rio Ferdinand

Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.

Tiffeny Milbrett

The game of soccer has been able to give me what I wanted out of life. I just remember being a total Tomboy and athlete as a girl, but never having a lack of opportunity.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

Tommy Docherty

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.