Inspirational Soccer Quotes - Page 2

• Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians.

  Johan Cruijff

  Soccer, Winning, Games

  "'You play football with your head, and your legs are there to help you': Johan Cruyff in quotes", www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2016.

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• I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer, Dream, Inspirational Sports

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• Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

  Knute Rockne

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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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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• The rules of soccer are very simple: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.

  Phil Woosnam

  Soccer, Football, Moving

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• The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

  Mia Hamm

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

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• When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started...

  Jose Mourinho

  Motivational, Soccer, Games

  "Look, listen and learn" by Simon Garfield, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2007.

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• If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

  Mia Hamm

  Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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• 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, Latin, Team

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• In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Soccer, Football, Team

  Jean-Paul Sartre (1976). “Theorie des ensembles pratiques”, Verso Books

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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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• In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball.

  Nelson Rodrigues

  Soccer, Football, Balls

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

  Mike Gray

  Soccer, People, Wells

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  Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

  George Best

  Motivational, Soccer, World

  "George Best dies, aged 59" by Mark Oliver, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2005.

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• I am prepared. The more pressure there is, the stronger I am. In Portugal, we say the bigger the ship, the stronger the storm. Fortunately for me, I have always been in big ships. FC Porto was a very big ship in Portugal, Chelsea was also a big ship in England and Inter was a great ship in Italy. Now I'm at Real Madrid, which is considered the biggest ship on the planet.

  Jose Mourinho

  Real, Storm, Stronger

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• Maybe they hate me because I'm too good!

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Soccer, Sports

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

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• Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football.

  Ondino Viera

  Soccer, Football, Country

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• You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

  Arrigo Sacchi

  Soccer, Sports, Horse

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• Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

  Ronaldo

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

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• God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.

  Ronaldinho

  Soccer, Football, Writing

  "Ronaldinho’s Corner Kick Goal: Brazilian Star Getting His Old Magic Back". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2011.

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• For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

  Gary Neville

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.

  Abby Wambach

  Goal

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• I've never played for a draw in my life.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Soccer, Football

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• 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.

  Jose Mourinho

  Motivational, Soccer, Team

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• I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.

  Phyllis Diller

  Football, Stars, Team

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