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1. “In football, the most important thing is not to score a goal, but to win a game.” – Arsene Wenger
2. “Football is a team game and not an individual sport. You win as a team, you lose as a team.” – Pele
3. “Football is a universal language that can bring people together, no matter what their origin, background, or beliefs.” – Zinedine Zidane
4. “Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.” – Vince Lombardi Jr.
5. “Football is an art like dancing is an art – but only when it’s well done does it become an art.” – Arsene Wenger
6. “Football is a simple game, complicated by people trying to outsmart each other.” – Bill Shankly
7. “Football is not just about winning, it’s about having fun and enjoying the game.” – Ronaldinho
8. “The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.” – Sepp Herberger
9. “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” – Bill Shankly
10. “The best football is always played with the head.” – Johan Cruyff
11. “In football, everything is complicated by the presence of the opposing team.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
12. “Football is a game of mistakes, and whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.” – Johan Cruyff
13. “Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.” – Jimmy Greaves
14. “Football is not just a game, it’s an opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.” – Drogba
15. “Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.” – Gary Lineker
16. “I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” – Mia Hamm
17. “Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” – Vince Lombardi
18. “Football is like an opera, and a coach is like a conductor. We have to make sure that all the instruments are playing together in harmony.” – Jose Mourinho
19. “Football is not just about scoring goals. It’s about winning. And to win, you have to be willing to work hard, to be disciplined, and to put the team before yourself.” – Lionel Messi
20. “Football is the ballet of the masses.” – Dmitri Shostakovich
21. “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
22. “Football is a game you play with your brain.” – Johan Cruyff
23. “Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.” – Johan Cruyff
24. “Football is a sport that creates so many emotions, and we have to be ready to deal with them.” – Pep Guardiola
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soccer quotes by players
1. “I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.”-Eduardo Galeano
2. “We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.”-Brian Clough
3. “My mother thinks I am the best. And I was raised to always believe what my mother tells me.”-Diego Maradona
4. “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. It is my conviction that there are no limits to learning and that it can never stop, no matter what our age.” -Cristiano Ronaldo
5. “Keep dreaming, even when people laugh at your dreams or tell you that they are impossible to achieve. Keep believing in yourself.” -Tobin Heath
6. “I’ve never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.” -Abby Wambach
7. “I made many mistakes, but I learn(ed) from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
8. “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
9. “Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players. They should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.” -Arsene Wenger
10. “Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.” -Zinedine Zidane
Inspirational Soccer Quotes
1. “When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.”-Diego Maradona
2. “Everything is practice.”-Pelé
3. “We always try to win until the very end. If we don’t, we congratulate the opponent. That’s what sport is about.”-Pep Guardiola
4. “A champion is someone who does not settle for that day’s practice, that day’s competition, that day’s performance. They are always striving to be better. They don’t live in the past.” -Briana Scurry
5. “I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it’s a good problem.” -Zlatan Ibrahimovic
6. “I have to keep working hard and playing well because I don’t like to be second or third. They’re the worst places to be. You would be proud, of course, because it means you’re on the way, but you want to finish first.” -Paul Pogba
7. “Excuses are like losses. Everyone has them except champions.”-Alex Morgan
8. “I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.” -Brandi Chastain
9. “If you train badly, you play badly. If you work like a beast in training, you play the same way.” -Pep Guardiola
10. “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
Soccer Quotes For Girls
1. “For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.”-Gary Neville
2. “Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.” -Mia Hamm
3. “Whenever people say ‘women’s soccer,’ I want to correct them to say ‘soccer.’ Every girl has had their sport diminished because they’re girls.”-Alex Morgan
4. “A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.”-Rabih Alameddine
5. “I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.”– Mia Hamm
6. “Every single day I woke up and commit to myself to become a better player”-Mia Hamm
7. “There’s no better feeling than stepping out on the field and stunning them all by doing what none of them thought you could do.”-Ashlyn Harris
8. “I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.”-Abby Wambach
9. “Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.”-Johan Cruyff
10. “Winning and losing isn’t everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.”-Alex Morgan
11. “Alright, call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh. And tomboys aren’t boys.”-Julie Foudy
Soccer Quotes Motivational
1. “Take your victories, whatever they might be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” – Mia Hamm
2. “If you’re going to be a footballer[soccer player], be a great one. If you’re going to have a dream, dream big.”-Sir Alex Ferguson
3. “I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.”-Zinedine Zidane
4. “We must always set the bar high — otherwise we do not progress.”-Kylian Mbappe
5. “Talent may get you on the pitch, but it’s the effort and attitude that will keep you there.”-Alex Morgan
6. “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
7. “People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.”-David Beckham
8. “The person that said winning isn’t everything never won anything.”-Mia Hamm
9. “When I say I want to become a legend, some people say it’s pretentious. For me, it’s a challenge — my desire, my dream. I’m not saying I’ll get there, but it’s what I want.”-Paul Pogba
10. “It’s hard to beat someone that never gives up”-Megan Rapinoe
Famous Soccer Quotes
11. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé
12. “Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.”-P. J. O’Rourke
13. “I don’t have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It’s something I love doing.”– David Beckham
14. “On the pitch and for life generally, I keep my center by remembering that I am part of a team and if I don’t do my part, I let down not just my team but everyone who follows it.”-Yaya Toure
14. “Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.” –Pelé
15. “Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That’s the nature of being a goalkeeper.”-Gary Speed
16. “I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.” –Wayne Rooney
17. “The first 90 minutes are the most important.” – Bobby Robson
18. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”– George Halas
19. “I don’t need a captain’s band to lead a team to victory.”– Hope Solo
20. “Surround yourself with good people. Surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better. If you just kind of let yourself stay alone and be by yourself, the negative, it is just not going to help you. You can control two things, your work ethic and your attitude about anything.”- Ali Krieger
21. “I think sometimes the best training is to rest.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
Soccer Quotes For Instagram
1. “All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.” – Raul Lopez
2. “Some people think football[soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”- Bill Shankly
3. “You can’t score a goal if you don’t take a shot”-Johann Cruyff
4. “Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.”-Mia Hamm
5. “Every disadvantage has got its advantage.” – Johan Cruyff
6. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.“ -Pele
7. “Football[soccer] is the ballet of the masses.”-Dmitri Shostakovich
8. “Success isn’t determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.” -Pele
9. “If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all” – Arsene Wenger
10. “I hate to speak about individuals. Players don’t win you trophies, teams win trophies. Squads win trophies.”-Jose Mourinho
11. “It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that’s the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.”-Jurgen Klopp
12. “The secret is to believe in your dreams; in your potential that you can be like your star, keep searching, keep believing, and don’t lose faith in yourself.” – Neymar
Soccer Quotes Messi
1. “Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.” -Lionel Messi
2. “You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.”-Lionel Messi.
3. “I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training.” -Lionel Messi.
4. “I don’t need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I’ll show you what I can do.”– Lionel Messi.
5. “This is why I didn’t go out to parties and many other things. I am successful because I made sacrifices for success.”– Lionel Messi.
6. “I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world”– Lionel Messi.
7. “I think my desire to always get better, to always want more, to always be my top critic, and accepting the good and the bad.” – Lionel Messi.
8. “I will never go to trial against Barça because it is the club that I love, which has given me everything since I arrived here. It’s the club of my life, I made my life here.”– Lionel Messi.
9. “There are a lot of athletes that I admire: LeBron, Nadal, Federer. There’s Cristiano in football.”– Lionel Messi.
10. “Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every way possible.”– Lionel Messi
12. “My ambition is always to get better and better.”– Lionel Messi
