Go Soccer Quotes

In the name of Justice!!! Ultra-secret forbidden Ogi technique: Star of Ogi!!! ~ Keiichi Arawi

Between two throw-ins in a soccer game, right behind my back, three thousand people had been put to death. ~ Tadeusz Borowski

Every club he's been to has had great injury crises. Every club. And it's always hamstrings. ~ Eamon Dunphy

I like to watch soccer, no matter what teams or players are in the field. ~ Andres Iniesta

The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it. ~ Graeme Le Saux

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. ~ Roger Federer

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

It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The downside, which Keegan will soon discover, is the law of diminishing returns in a league that is now the richest in the world. The type of multi-million-pound investment that bankrolled the first Newcastle revival under Keegan is now two-a-penny. Buying success just isn't as easy as it used to be. The Premiership's paradox is that the more money there is, the more the art of management gains in value. ~ Pete Gill

To be honest, it would have been better to watch it on Ceefax. ~ Gary Lineker

I'll admit, right away, that I am disappointed that we did not have a major trophy to show for our efforts. We were in four and we had a good side, but when you count second place as failure, then standards are becoming fantastically high. We never celebrate second place here. ~ Bob Paisley

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. ~ Tony DiCicco

It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty. ~ Noel Gallagher

The "etiquette of freedom," to use poet Gary Snyder's phrase. It encompasses small acts like teaching your children to be honest in their dealings with others. It includes serving on community councils and as soccer coaches. It means leaving a place in better shape than you found it. It means helping others during hard times and being able to ask for help. It means resisting the temptation to call a problem someone else's. ~ Eric Liu

Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen. Soccer is a gentleman's game played by beasts. Football is a beastly game played by beasts. ~ Henry Blaha

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played. ~ Brandi Chastain

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

If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer. ~ Nelson Mandela

People say I'm hard, I'm Mr Angry. I'm this, I'm that. I just want to win matches. There's no point going out there and being Mr Nice Guy. We get 55,000 at Old Trafford and I don't think they want fellas going out there and thinking: Ah, if we lose, so what? ~ Roy Keane

The technocracy of professional sport has managed to impose a soccer of lightning speed and brute strength: a soccer that negates joy, kills fantasy and outlaws daring. ~ Eduardo Galeano

And Watford acknowledge the support of the crowd, indeed of the crowd that supported them ~ Barry Davies

. . .cash is highly effective at slashing the poverty rate. Moreover, GiveDirectly argues that cash is more valuable to its recipients than in-kind gifts, such as food or bed nets or sports equipment. If you're hungry, you cannot eat a bed net. If your village is suffering from endemic diarrhea, soccer balls won't be worth much to you. ~ Annie Lowrey

Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back ~ Tony Adams

A message to the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let's be having you. Come on! ~ Delia Smith

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

If you keep asking me questions, I will continue to find excuses. ~ Gordon Strachan

I played soccer growing up, and then high school came along and the football coach came out one day and was like, 'Hey, do you want to kick for us?' I was like, 'Sure, I'll come out and kick one day.' I got moved up to varsity and that's how the story began. ~ Kyle Brindza

Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize. ~ Germaine Greer

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

Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be. ~ Mia Hamm

I could have signed for Newcastle when I was 17, but I decided I would be better off at Carlisle. I'd had a drink that night. ~ Peter Beardsley

Soccer must be played with the heart,not with strength and talent as perceived. ~ ABC

You're just trying to be yourself, and for me, playing soccer is being myself. One day, you're one person on a team. The next thing people are asking your opinion about things you're not an expert on. Because they recognize you, they think you must know something about something - which isn't necessarily the case. ~ Brandi Chastain

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box. ~ Bobby Charlton

In 2001 Steve Staunton became the record cap holder for which country? Brazil. ~ Anne Robinson

With United, we'd all grown up together, we all wanted to win the biggest trophy in football. We did it togther. ~ David Beckham

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. ~ Steve Coppell

Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire. Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer. ~ Matt Damon

My heroes were always soccer players. ~ Ronaldinho

Soccer was invented by man but perfected by women. ~ Julie Foudy

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played. ~ Abby Wambach