Quotes about soccer
soccer football play
We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can. Jose Mourinho
soccer football fun
For me pressure is bird flu. I'm serious. I'm feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It's not fun and I'm more scared of it than football. Football is nothing compared with life. For me bird flu is the drama of the last few days. I'll have to buy a mask.
soccer football feet
It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed, you pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm, and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket I have is made of cashmere. So it's good.
soccer football kids
If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.
soccer football dog
The dog is in Portugal and the city of London is safe.
soccer football beats
Eleven against eleven they never beat us.
soccer football player
I asked the players: 'Do you want to enjoy the game? Or do you want to enjoy after the game?' The players told me they wanted to enjoy after the game so I said: 'OK, then we will enjoy after the game'.
soccer football clever
A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands the game. In England a player who wins a penalty like that is a cheat.
soccer football cousin
Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don't have the money to bring you to Porto.
soccer football winning
Four wins in four matches. It could not be better... the world is fantastic.
soccer football clever
Football is a game based on emotion and intelligence. Anyone can be clever, the trick is not to think the other guy is stupid.
soccer football war
Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say 'With you I could go to every war.'
soccer hard-work arrogant
We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.
soccer football thinking
Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.
soccer football dog
Let slip the dogs of champions.
soccer football jealous
I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once. I have only been managing for five years and I have the same amount of Champions League trophies to my name.
soccer football war
Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war. The objective is to win the Premiershp. I don't want to dominate, to finish without defeat, record points or goals or consecutive wins. The Premiership is so difficult you cannot be focused on that. I just think about winning.
soccer football thinking
People don't know about football. They think they know about it but they don't know much.
soccer team winning
To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.
soccer football cheating
You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.
soccer football analysis
Poverty is good for nothing, except perhaps for football. Jorge Valdano
soccer stupidity
Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular. Jorge Luis Borges
soccer football team
People say you're too good - you're never too good to go down, believe me. I've seen it at Leeds. We had a better team at Leeds than we have now and they went down eventually. Jonathan Woodgate
soccer home years
Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.
soccer latin team
In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team. Luis Suarez
soccer hands opponents
Look, there’s no rule in soccer against biting your opponent. There’s not even a rule against eating your opponent. The only rule in soccer is that you can’t use your hands.
soccer
You could see when she scored, she wasn't celebrating. That's just how she is. She's a goal-scorer, in hockey, in soccer and in lacrosse. That's just what she does. Angela Ruggiero
soccer team tense
You can't play soccer like this. It's unbelievable. The team was very tense having to play without fans. It's really absurd. Roberto Mancini
soccer football winning
I felt that we couldn't win the game. It was absolutely shocking. Martin O'Neill
soccer football years
My youth coach told me he'd got these two great 15-year-olds. I told him I don't want to know, because by the time they're 18 I'll be dead.
soccer football goal
Just when you feel like hauling him off and strangling hin, he gets some goal out of nowhere.
soccer football jobs
I've not had to ask permission from Geraldine to take the job. I'm one of the few men in this life who are not under the thumb. I'm stronger than that. Did she want me out of the house? Listen, she's wanted me out of the house for the past 27 years and has often asked me not to come back again. But I always show up, and really, she can't do without me, because I'm brilliant.
soccer moving goal
All human history moves towards one great goal James Joyce