Football Clubs Quotes

• When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support it because you found yourself somewhere there; found a place where you belong.

  Dennis Bergkamp

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• I can never hope to find words to express my feelings at becoming a member of the Celtic Football Club.

  Sean Fallon

  Football, Feelings, Clubs

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• If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Sarcastic

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• Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Soccer Fans, Made

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• At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• I want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us.

  Bill Shankly

  Team, Mars, Want

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• The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Games

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

  Bill Shankly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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• You start with what you believe in. I believe in building a football club rather than building a football team.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Team, Believe

  Interview with Charlie Rose, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. March 10, 2013.

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• I love my football club. I love Essendon, I've always been apart of it and I want to be part of it going forward.

  James Hird

  Football, Clubs, Want

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• It's to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against. 
  (on the 'This Anfield' plaque)

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Anfield, England

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• In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Sports

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• If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Country, Holiday

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• 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.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Hard Work, Arrogant

  "The Guardian profile: Jose Mourinho" by Mark Honigsbaum, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2005.

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• Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

  Jose Mourinho

  Soccer, Football, Thinking

  "They said it: Jose Mourinho". www.fifa.com. May 27, 2016.

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• If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes.

  Brian Clough

  Soccer, Winning, Player

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's not just a football club. Celtic means so much to so many people.

  Fergus McCann

  Football, Mean, People

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• There have always been card schools at football clubs and always will be.

  Peter Shilton

  Football, School, Cards

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• We don't have any splits here. The players country is Liverpool Football Club and their language is football.

  Gerard Houllier

  Country, Football, Player

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• Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Heart, Clubs

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• I don't like champagne, I don't smoke cigars, I haven't any real jewellery at all, apart from the 8 pieces of gold I picked up at Anfield, the most important relationship at a football club is not between the manager and the chairman, but the players and the fans.

  John Toshack

  Football, Real, Player

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• Norm Smith personally came and signed me up to the Melbourne Football Club. The fact that I then played cricket for Melbourne Cricket Club - the footy club didn't like it that much.

  Max Walker

  Football, Clubs, Facts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Celtic, like Barcelona, are more than a football club. Our clubs are a symbol of a culture and community that has not always been made welcome in their respective countries.

  Xavi

  Football, Country, Community

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