Soccer Quotes

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

Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord thy God's. The sixth day is for football.

~ Anthony Burgess

In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. there is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team.

~ Luis Suarez

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

~ Elbert Hubbard

I don't believe there is such a thing as a 'born' soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player.

~Pele

It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.

~Bill Shankly

The goalkeeper is the jewel in the crown and getting at him should be almost impossible. It's the biggest sin in football to make him do any work.

~George Graham