Soccer Quotes - Page 35

• I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game.

  Neil Diamond

  Mom, Dad, Kids

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• [H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright during the final minutes of a desperately close promotion campaign?

  Nick Hornby

  Female, Finals, Campaigns

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• And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.

  Parminder Nagra

  Baseball, Football, Games

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 7, 2003.

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• There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.

  Parminder Nagra

  Girl, League, Young

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• But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television as well because of the ad breaks. It's something to do with that as well. You can't show a complete soccer match here. Which I kind of find a bit of an odd thing.

  Parminder Nagra

  Thinking, Television, Levels

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 7, 2003.

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• It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same event. A World Cup is the sort of common project that otherwise barely exists in modern societies.

  Simon Kuper

  Sports, Country, Caring

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• Kung fu and soccer are the two things that I was most interested in as a child.

  Stephen Chow

  Children, Two, Kung Fu

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• He slipped his hands around my waist and pulled me against him, tossing the ice cream cone over his shoulder. It landed with a splat on the sidewalk. 'So does that mean I have a varsity girlfriend?'

  Stephanie Davis

  Girlfriend, Mean, Hands

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• I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

  Wally Schirra

  Football, Equipment, American Football

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• One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.

  Al Kaline

  Basketball, Sports, Baseball

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• I like to watch soccer, no matter what teams or players are in the field.

  Andres Iniesta

  Team, Player, Fields

  "Q&A with Spain's Andres Iniesta". Interview with Richard Deitsch, www.si.com. June 02, 2011.

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• In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.

  Andres Iniesta

  Past, Idols, Today

  "Q&A with Spain's Andres Iniesta". Interview with Richard Deitsch, www.si.com. June 02, 2011.

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• Look, there’s no rule in soccer against biting your opponent. There’s not even a rule against eating your opponent. The only rule in soccer is that you can’t use your hands.

  Luis Suarez

  Hands, Looks, Use

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• My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that, basketball, in the United States at least, plays the same function that soccer does everyone else in the world. It's the sport of poverty. It's the sport born of poverty. It's the cheapest sport.

  Sherman Alexie

  Basketball, Sports, Father

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• Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result

  Bobby Robson

  Nice, Would Be, Results

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• Home advantage gives you an advantage

  Bobby Robson

  Home, Giving, Newcastle United

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• Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Rocks, Fans, Problem

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 22, 2014.

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• It can't be Sunday every day. There are also Mondays and Tuesdays.

  George Weah

  Monday, Sunday, Tuesday

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• You're not a real manager unless you've been sacked.

  Malcolm Allison

  Football, Real, Chairman

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• The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the referee.

  Mike Ingham

  Football, Meals, Losing

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• If you aren't the chairman of Manchester United, Real Madrid or AC Milan, I'll get back to you later.

  Joe Kinnear

  Football, Real, Madrid

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• To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.

  Ruud Gullit

  Play, Dutch, Holland

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• The margin is very marginal.

  Bobby Robson

  Funny Soccer, Margins

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• There were two second division matches last night, both in the second division.

  Dominic Allen

  Night, Two, Division

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• It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides.

  Jock Brown

  Football, Sides, Shame

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