Soccer Quotes

Soccer quotes

“Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end, the Germans always win.” – Gary Lineker
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” – Bill Shankly
“The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.” – Sepp Herberger
“I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.” – Ronaldinho
“Football is the ballet of the masses.” – Dmitri Shostakovich
“To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin is wood and catgut, that Hamlet is so much paper and ink.” – J.B. Priestley
“In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There’s something greater than the result, more lasting – a legacy.” – Xavi Hernandez
“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.” – Vince Lombardi
“Football is not just a game, it’s a lifestyle.” – Anonymous
“It’s not just about the money, money, money. We don’t need your money, money, money. We just wanna make the world dance. Forget about the price tag.” – Jessie J (referring to football’s passion)
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” – Lionel Messi
“I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans but also to feel satisfied with myself.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
“Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I’d tell her I was going to school, but I’d be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.” – Ronaldo Nazario
“Football is the only sport where you put people together, it doesn’t matter if you are rich, or poor, or whatever. It is one nationality, open to everyone.” – Eusebio
“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.” – Phil Woosnam

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
“The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching.” – Anson Dorrance
“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” – Paul “Bear” Bryant
“In football, the most important source of motivation is simple. It’s the desire to master and dominate. To impose your will upon your opponents, so they know they stand no chance.” – Vince Lombardi Jr.
“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé
“You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.” – Bill Shankly
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston S. Churchill
“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown
“It’s not about the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” – Archie Griffin
“I don’t have time for hobbies. I’m here to play football.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
“It’s not the team with the best players that win. It’s the players with the best team that wins.” – Unknown
“Success is no accident. It’s hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé
“If you are not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” – John Wooden
“Your love makes me strong. Your hate makes me unstoppable.” – Cristiano Ronaldo

Famous Soccer Quotes

“Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end, the Germans always win.” – Gary Lineker
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” – Bill Shankly
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.” – George Best
“I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans but also to feel satisfied with myself.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
“In football, everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
“When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.” – Diego Maradona
“The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.” – Sepp Herberger
“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.” – Vince Lombardi
“Football is the ballet of the masses.” – Dmitri Shostakovich
“The first 90 minutes are the most important.” – Sir Bobby Robson
“It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile. Be yourself, no matter what they say.” – Sting (inspired by Eric Cantona)
“When you play football, it’s not about the country or the city, it’s about the club.” – Andrés Iniesta
“There is no pressure when you’re making a dream come true.” – Neymar Jr.
“Football is freedom.” – Zinedine Zidane
“I’ve never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best.” – Cristiano Ronaldo

Motivational Soccer Quotes

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“In football, everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” – Lionel Messi
“To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” – Tony Dorsett
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Your love makes me strong. Your hate makes me unstoppable.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
“Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston S. Churchill
“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown

Short Soccer Quotes

“Keep calm and play soccer.”
“Eat, sleep, play soccer, repeat.”
“Dream big, work hard, stay focused.”
“Soccer is life with the volume up.”
“Chase the ball, not the fame.”
“One team, one dream.”
“Sweat now, shine later.”
“Life is better when you play soccer.”
“Play with your heart, win with your feet.”
“Every day is a soccer day.”
“In soccer, the goals are the punctuation marks of the game.”
“Born to play soccer.”
“Work hard, stay humble.”
“Dribble, shoot, score, repeat.”
“Soccer is not just a game; it’s an attitude.”
“Play like you’re in first, train like you’re in second.”
“Soccer is the poetry of motion.”
“Fear less, play more.”
“Kicking it since [year of birth].”
“Soccer: where legends are born.”

Funny Soccer Quotes

“Soccer is simple; it’s just hard to play it in a complicated way.” – Johan Cruyff
“I am the number one fan of the team that scores the most goals.” – Paul Merson
“I couldn’t become a footballer. I’m so fast, I would collide with myself.” – Albert Einstein
“I’d rather be a football manager. That way, I can lose every week and still get paid.” – George Best
“In football, the only thing I am afraid of is that one day I will meet [Lionel] Messi off the pitch, and he will be a normal person.” – Arda Turan
“I’m not a perfectionist, but people say I am.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.” – Bill Shankly
“It’s like the Mafia. Once you’re in – your in. There’s no getting out.” – Gordon Strachan
“When you are 4-0 up at half-time, you shouldn’t lose 7-1.” – Lawrie McMenemy
“I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.” – Muhammad Ali
“I am not a defensive player. People keep saying I missed the boat for coaching, but I didn’t miss any boat. I’m on my yacht, having a good life.” – Eric Cantona
“I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no talent.” – Zlatan Ibrahimovic
“I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.” – Gary Neville
“If you’re attacking, you don’t get as tired as when you’re chasing.” – Kyle Rote Jr.
“I’d rather have a hole in the squad than an asshole.” – Sir Alex Ferguson

Cute Soccer Quotes

“You kick my heart into the goal every time.”
“Our love is like a perfect pass – always on target.”
“You’re the goal I never knew I was aiming for.”
“Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite goal.”
“You make my heart race faster than a penalty shootout.”
“Our love is like a free-kick – unstoppable.”
“You’re the MVP of my heart.”
“Life is better when we play on the same team.”
“Our love is a winning streak that never ends.”
“You’re the reason I believe in fairytales – and hat-tricks.”
“You score the winning goal in the game of my heart every day.”
“You’re my favorite player in this game called life.”
“Our love is like extra time – never enough.”
“You’re the soccer to my Saturday.”
“You’re my favorite kickoff to the day.”
“You’re my MVP – Most Valuable Partner.”
“Our love is a perfect pitch.”
“Together, we’re a winning team.”
“You’re the cleats to my soccer field of dreams.”
“You’re the halftime talk my heart needs.”

Messi Soccer Quotes

“The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.” – Lionel Messi
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” – Lionel Messi
“I start early, and I stay late, day after day after day.” – Lionel Messi
“I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I’d have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.” – Lionel Messi
“I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I’m more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.” – Lionel Messi
“The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instincts.” – Lionel Messi
“I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at the moment. Instinct. It has always been that way.” – Lionel Messi
“Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn’t thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I’m just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn’t paid to be a professional footballer, I would willingly play for nothing.” – Lionel Messi
“The only thing that matters is playing. Regardless of what happens today, I will always be in football.” – Lionel Messi
“You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman.” – Lionel Messi

Inspirational World Cup Soccer Quotes

“The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.” – Pelé
“In football, the object is to win, fairly, squarely, by the rules – but to win.” – Vince Lombardi
“The World Cup is a tournament for strong teams and the rest.” – Grzegorz Lato
“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” – Lionel Messi
“Football is an art, like dancing is an art – but only when it’s well done does it become an art.” – Arsène Wenger
“It’s not the team with the best players that win. It’s the players with the best team that wins.” – Unknown
“The World Cup is a very complicated tournament – six games, seven if you make it to the final – and maybe if you lose one game you’re out, even if you’re the best.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
“You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.” – Lionel Messi
“Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” – Og Mandino
“World Cups are like girlfriends and wives: they only let you down when it really matters.” – Diego Maradona
“There are moments in football that are exclusively poetic: these are the moments of the ‘goal’.” – Camus
“A World Cup is important because it’s the last achievement in a footballer’s career. It’s the summit.” – Zinedine Zidane
“Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end, the Germans always win.” – Gary Lineker
“The World Cup is the biggest event in football and one of the biggest events in sport.” – Neymar Jr.
“You must play with the soul in order to be a true footballer.” – Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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