Soccer Quotes - Page 9

• You will go through tough times, it's about getting through them.

  David Beckham

  Tough Times, Tough

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• It is great that soccer can unite people for one day. It is something politics has often tried, and we were able to do it today. All people became brothers.

  Otto Rehhagel

  Brother, People, One Day

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• Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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• If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Football, Gratitude

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• As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Stars, Player, Three

  "Star Chef on Passion, Pressure and Perfection" by Sarah Rosenberg and Katie Escherich, abcnews.go.com. June 19, 2008.

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

  Knute Rockne

  Sports, Football, Games

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• I enjoy talking to my football men and my chemistry classes and I feel sure that they are quite interested in what I have to say.

  Knute Rockne

  Sports, Football, Men

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• I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.

  Hope Solo

  Dating, Family And Friends, Needs

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• In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Team, Party, Men

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• West Germany's Briegel hasn't been able to get past anyone yet - that's his trademark.

  John Helm

  Football, Past, West Germany

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• Foosball screwed up my perception of soccer. I though you had to kick the ball and then spin around and around. I can't do a back flip, much less several simultaneously with two other guys.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Two, Guy, Perception

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• I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.

  Ade Akinbiyi

  Sunday, Games, Firsts

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• If you eat caviar every day it's difficult to return to sausages.

  Arsene Wenger

  Caviar, Sausage, Return

  "Arsenal Boss Tells Booing Fans: Caviar Days Are over, Get Used to Sausages". The Mirror, www.highbeam.com. November 30, 1998.

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• What Carew does with a football, I can do with an orange.

  John Carew

  Football, Orange, Doe

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• The kid makes you sick. He looks the part, he walks the part, he is the part. He's six-foot something, fit as a flea, good-looking - he's got to have something wrong with him....Hopefully he's hung like a hamster! That would make us all feel better!

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Kids, Feel Better, Cristiano Ronaldo

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• Growing up, others girls wanted to dance and help their mums with the cooking. I liked to play soccer with the boys. Or I'd be off on my own, tilting mirrors towards the sun in order to burn armies of ants. That was my idea of fun.

  Ali Larter

  Girl, Growing Up, Fun

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• I don't like to see players tossed off needlessly.

  Andy Gray

  Player

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• After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.

  Brandi Chastain

  Sports, Believe, Successful

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• I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester.

  Stan Collymore

  Clubs, Want, Leicester

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• It's an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than England manager Sven Goran Eriksson.

  Gordon Strachan

  Funny Football, Incredibles, Stardom

  "The best Gordon Strachan quips". www.thescottishsun.co.uk. January 16, 2013.

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• That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on.

  John Lambie

  Football, Get Him Back, Hilarious Sports

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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, Team, Winning

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• Despite the rain, it's still raining here at Old Trafford.

  Jimmy Hill

  Rain, Stills, Despite

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• If you're 0-0 down, there's no-one better to get you back on terms than Ian Wright.

  Robbie Earle

  Soccer Player, Term, Ifs

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• When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Condolences

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