Quotes about soccer
soccer kids athletic
Jon Stewart says that he was a little kid with a big head. He had very little athletic ability. He went out to the soccer field, and it was awful. Brian Kilmeade
soccer football years
It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened. Jamie Carragher
soccer football people
,000 people in Hampden Park. Of course they're all Scottish. Because no one else goes there. The English have an unwritten rule: they only go to places they might get back from. Billy Connolly
soccer thinking allies
Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint. Billy Connolly
soccer decision boxes
It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box Bobby Charlton
soccer football player
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence. Bobby Charlton
soccer father lightning-bolts
Once, I had to drive Oliver to soccer, was ten minutes late, and learned that there had apparently been a misprint in the Bible on the Ten Commandments thing: Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not be late to soccer. My father was so pissed, I practically had to get the lightning bolt surgically removed from my back. Deb Caletti
soccer football goalkeepers
You were only a goalkeeper. Diego Maradona
soccer country football
It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team. Diego Maradona
soccer hands goal
The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona. Diego Maradona
soccer balls kicks
Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. Dennis Bergkamp
soccer victory funny-soccer
At least is was a victory and at least we won Bobby Moore
soccer cheer years
After all these years, I'm finally into soccer. The World Cup is on, and my band is an international group - they're all around me, cheering in the hotel bars. Art Garfunkel
soccer gay age
When I was playing soccer at the age of 14, the first thing we'd do before going out onto the field would be to climb up on one another's thighs and massage the legs; it was a regular thing. None of us had a thought of being gay, absolutely not, and it's the same with most bodybuilders. Arnold Schwarzenegger
soccer mother children
By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day working, car pooling, building Lego castles and shopping for the precisely correct soccer cleat. Ayelet Waldman
soccer football mistake
OK, the wonderful thing about soccer is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn't make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make. Craig Johnston
soccer sports country
I am excited to bring my deep knowledge, passion and expertise of soccer in this country to The New York Cosmos. They truly represent where this sport is headed on a national and international level, and I want to make history with them. Cobi Jones
soccer sports athlete
After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself to helping young athletes learn more about injury prevention. Cobi Jones
soccer thinking games
The World Cup experience is more than just the game of soccer. It's an event. And it will fly by faster than you think. It will end and you'll be saying, 'Wow, it's over already?' You have to remember to take it all in and enjoy it. Cobi Jones
soccer thinking usa
The league, I think, is doing well. It's growing, it's maturing, and it's becoming a better league. (on Major League Soccer) Cobi Jones
soccer team school
I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special. Cobi Jones
soccer biting violence
I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off. Elizabeth Taylor
soccer football games
We live for games like these. Alex McLeish
soccer writing six
I end up writing something every day, since I develop six or seven things at the same time - soccer columns, this and that. Aleksandar Hemon
soccer play cities
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
soccer football looks
I'm-A-God-Look-At-Me. Alex Ferguson
soccer football
They had Jan Venegoor of...whatever you call him. Alex Ferguson
soccer football monday
I understand the intensity of the supporters. I wonder how they could turn up for work on Monday morning after we lost 5-1 to Manchester City. Alex Ferguson
soccer moving player
I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board. Alex Ferguson
soccer football winning
Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure. Alex Ferguson
soccer country football
You have to put all the criticism of this club down to jealousy. United have produced more players who have played for their country, more world-class players and more players who have won European Footballer of the Year than any other team in this country, so we must be doing something right. Alex Ferguson
soccer team philosophy
The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away. Alex Ferguson
soccer football hands
Sometimes in football you have to hold your hand up and say, yeah, they're better than us. Alex Ferguson