Motivational Soccer Quotes

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

Bobby Charlton

Soccer, Sports, Football

1960 Quoted in Peter Ball and Phil Shaw The Book of Football Quotations (1989).

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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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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bo Jackson

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

Mia Hamm

Soccer, Teamwork, Motivational Sports

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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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Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

Johan Cruijff

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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

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Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.

Pele

Motivational, Soccer, Sports

"SI Flashback: Soccer's Greatest Genius". Sports Illustrated, June 01, 1999.

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Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Arnold Palmer

Inspirational, Sports, Hard Work

FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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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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Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

Mia Hamm

Inspiring, Soccer, Football

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi

Love, Inspirational, Life

Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

Alan Shearer

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

Queen Elizabeth II

Soccer, Football, Games

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

Nelson Rodrigues

Soccer, Football, Balls

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What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

Dean Smith

Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

Lionel Messi

Soccer, Dream, Hard Work

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I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.

Les Ferdinand

Funny, Soccer, Football

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To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.

J. B. Priestley

Soccer, Men, Two

Good Companions (1929) bk. 1, ch. 1

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I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.

Barry Venison

Soccer, Football, Intellectual

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You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.

Jose Mourinho

Motivational, Beautiful, Soccer

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The most important thing for a forward is speed of thought. Top players read the game.

Samuel Eto'o

Soccer, Player, Games

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If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim.

Berti Vogts

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.

Bobby Robson

Funny, Soccer, Stupid

"Faded FA Cup glimmering again" by Roger Bennett, www.espn.com. January 4, 2013.

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I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league.

Mark Viduka

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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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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