Soccer Quotes - Page 10

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

  Nelson Rodrigues

  Football, Balls, Blindness

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• How much soccer training is it needed to become a top player? It depends on the efficiency of your training routine. Setting long and short-term goals is a must. When planning out a soccer training regime, one must strive for realistic and consistent program that will diminish specific weaknesses. Broad versatility of soccer skills is the Nirvana of every dedicated trainee.

  Pele

  Player, Skills, Goal

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• I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.

  Brandi Chastain

  Sports, Fun, Weekend

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• Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?

  Sepp Blatter

  Football, Volleyball, Fashion

  "Make-up and short shorts improving women's football, says Brazilian official". www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2015.

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• My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

  David Beckham

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• Never go for a 50-50 ball unless you're 80-20 sure of winning it.

  Ian Darke

  Football, Winning, Balls

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• I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Needs, Losing

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• The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.

  Dave Checketts

  Sports, Different, Auras

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• Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl,except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.

  Graham Taylor

  Ideas, Life Is Like, Goldfish

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• All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.

  Freddy Adu

  Fun, Creativity, Hey

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• I have practically no private life. I'm already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Choices, Sometimes

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• One thing will not change - we will be going out to win.

  David Beckham

  Winning, Going Out, One Thing

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• Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

  Thierry Henry

  Sports, Work, Commitment

  FaceBook post by Thierry Henry from Oct 10, 2012

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• I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it.

  Arjen Robben

  Sports, Running, Two

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• People think I like partying, but I actually don't like going out. I'm a homebody. I like chilling in with friends and playing PlayStation 3 Pro Evolution Soccer.

  Tinchy Stryder

  Party, Thinking, People

  "Tinchy Stryder: 'I named myself after a Sega Megadrive game'". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 25, 2009.

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• It would've cost less, and left the previous owners with nothing, to go into liquidation. But it would also be humiliating for Celtic. So we paid all the bills. Celtic means the same to me as it does to other fans. I identify with the club and wish to be proud of it.

  Fergus McCann

  Football, Mean, Scotland

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• Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

  Serge Schmemann

  Sports, Passion, Games

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• If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one.If you're going to have a dream, dream big.

  Alex Ferguson

  Motivational, Dream, Bigs

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• The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.

  Maynard Webb

  Meaningful, Team, Player

  "Meritocracy: World Cup Fever" by Maynard Webb, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2010.

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• Europeans take their soccer pretty seriously. So, when this Turkish TV host had the nerve to criticize the local team, the fans decided to do something about it, something like storm the TV studio during a live show.

  Tucker Carlson

  Team, Storm, Fans

  "The Situation" with Tucker Carlson, www.nbcnews.com. December 15, 2005.

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• If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game.... In a world haunted by the hydrogen and napalm bomb, the football field is a place where sanity and hope are still left unmolested.

  Stanley Rous

  Sports, Football, Men

  1952 Quoted in Bryon ButlerTheOfficial History of the Football Association (1986).

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• Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

  Pele

  Inspirational, Athlete, Guitar

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• Since I was a kid, I've wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general ... But tennis is my passion.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Passion, Kids

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• Football is the ballet of the masses.

  Dmitri Shostakovich

  Football, Philosophical, Ballet

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