Soccer Sayings And Quotes From Various Persons

by allinspiration.com

“My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.”
– Freddy Adu

“I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.”
– Gabrielle Union

“Country was about character. Country’s changed because of monsters like Clear Channel who bought up all the stations and sliced them up into formats. Our demographic is now the soccer mom.”
– Gary Allan

“Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.”
– Gay Talese

“I love soccer. That’s all I ever watch. I’ll watch it all day if I can. But I’m too bloody old to play now.”
– Geezer Butler

“As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner’s medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it’s three-Michelin’s stars, there’s no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.”
– Gordon Ramsay

“It’s an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you’re more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.”
– Gordon Strachan referring to Wayne Rooney

“You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It’s like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon – it’s the same.”
– Haile Gebrselassie

“My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.”
– Hakeem Olajuwon

“After getting glasses and contacts it was kind of a wow moment that I could definitely see better and on the soccer field it really helped me.”
– Heather O’Reilly

“At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness – your base endurance, which comes from longer distance running, and your speed, which comes from sprint-based workouts.”
– Heather O’Reilly

“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

“I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself – I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere.”
– Hope Solo

“My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy’s little girl. He was my first soccer coach.”
– Hope Solo

“I don’t just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You’re going to look back 20 years from now and of course you’re going to remember the games. But I’m going to remember seeing my family in the stands.”
– Hope Solo

“Soccer and cricket were my main sports growing up. I had trials as a soccer player with a few clubs interested, Crystal Palace being one, but it was cricket which became my chosen profession.”
– Ian Botham

“We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized.”
– Ian McNail

“Even all the top players going to Europe to play helps soccer in America, as do all the MLS players like Beckham and all that, they’re trying to promote it. At the end of the day it’s about getting the younger generation interested at an early age so most of them will move on and play.”
– Ian Rush

“Batistuta gets most of his goals with the ball.”
– Ian St John

“When I meet a European, the first thing I say is, “I’d much rather watch football than football.” But I’m just teasing them, and they know I’d really rather watch football than football.”
– Jarod Kintz

“When I think of the Middle Ages I think of castles, Catholicism, and taking your kids to soccer practice.”
– Jarod Kintz

“By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply.”
– Jean-Marie Le Pen

“Despite the rain, it’s still raining here at Old Trafford.”
– Jimmy Hill

“Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.”
– Johan Cruijff

“I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.”
– John E. Walker

“Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals’ ideological riots sometimes kill millions.”
– John McCarthy

“[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don’t go to football matches but that doesn’t make football any less important.”
– John Sutherland

“My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also enjoy tennis. We have 3 cats.”
– Juliet Mills

The ref was vertically 15 yards away.
– Kevin Keegan

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