Soccer Quotes - Page 13

• It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

  Diego Maradona

  Football, Country, Team

  "Diego Maradona in quotes", www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2004.

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• There's never a lot of Brazillian football played in these games.

  Gareth Barry

  Football, Player, Games

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• I've got no sympathy for him whatsoever. I just wish we had got 10 past him. At the end of the day we've got to be ruthless and we are in the business of winning for us. If they had scored three or four, nobody would have said do you feel sorry for Mark Bosnich? We don't feel sorry for Craig Forrest.

  Gary Neville

  Football, Sorry, Winning

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• I actually don't feel the years passing, although the younger players make sure to remind me of my age. If there's a clip of Bobby Charlton playing or a game's in black and white they'll ask: Were you playing in that Giggsy?

  Ryan Giggs

  Football, Black And White, Player

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• Do you know who I am? Why, have you forgotten?

  Rio Ferdinand

  Football, Who I Am, Forgotten

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• They could've thrown a kitchen sink into the box and one of the guys would've headed it.

  Paul Lambert

  Football, Player, Guy

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• They had Jan Venegoor of...whatever you call him.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Player

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• There is something to be said for waking up every morning and seeing the sun.

  Landon Donovan

  Football, Morning, Player

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• In England, they say that Manchester is the city of rain. It's main attraction is considered to the timetable at the railway station, where trains leave for other, less rainy cities.

  Nemanja Vidic

  Football, Rain, Player

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• I'm too tired to speak in English.

  David Ginola

  Football, Tired, Player

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• Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Football, Player, Boring

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes I'd like to have a conversation with a friend in a restaurant without feeling I'm being watched. At this rate I will have to go on holiday to Greenland. But maybe the Eskimos would know me.

  Fernando Torres

  Football, Holiday, Player

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• 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

  Football, Player, Night

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• It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.

  Jamie Carragher

  Football, Player, Years

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• I always tell Cristiano before training, 'If you do stepovers on me, I will break your legs and rip up your shirt.' I have no wish to have the mickey taken out of me all week.

  Patrice Evra

  Football, Rip, Taken

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• People say you're too good - you're never too good to go down, believe me. I've seen it at Leeds. We had a better team at Leeds than we have now and they went down eventually.

  Jonathan Woodgate

  Football, Team, Believe

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• You were only a goalkeeper.

  Diego Maradona

  Football, Player, Goalkeepers

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• When we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas.'

  Paul Merson

  Football, Player, Hello

  "Merson cashes in on McGhee's peace offering" by Mark Tallentire, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2003.

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• It's not a problem. In four or five days I will be beautiful once again.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Beautiful, Football, Player

  "Cristiano Ronaldo is modest" by Matt Ufford, uproxx.com. October 4, 2007.

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• Tottenham, and I hope the English fans will forgive me, are a club in mid-table and I need more.

  Samuel Eto'o

  Football, Player, Forgive Me

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• David James is a cretin.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Player

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• I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Team, Player

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• Only if we realise how sh*t we were at Blackburn can we improve.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Player, Realising

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• Robot Wars is not a sport. Guys just play with remote controls. Now, if they were wired up and got an electrical shock each time their robot got hammered, then, yes, it would be a sport.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Sports, Football, War

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• I am a fascist, not a racist. I give the straight arm salute because it is a salute from a 'camerata' to 'camerati'. The salute is aimed at my people. With the straight arm I don't want to incite violence and certainly not racial hatred.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Player, People

  "Paolo Di Canio row intensifies as dean of Durham sends open letter". www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2013.

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