Soccer is not just about scoring goals - it’s about winning.
Some people believe soccer is a matter of life and death…it is much, much more important than that.
We lost because we didn’t win.
Soccer is the ballet of the masses.
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
Whoever invented soccer should be worshipped as a God.
Soccer is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.
A million wouldn’t buy him, and I’d be one of them.
It’s why we play the game. Anything is possible, anything can happen, and we proved that again tonight.
The more time you have, the more mistakes you will make.
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t move, kick it until it does.
The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.
Soccer is the opera of the people.
Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize.
The most important thing for a forward is speed of thought. Top players read the game.
The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past.