Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time.

There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.

When I was in elementary school, the coach of our school (soccer) team personally unearthed my talents.

I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer.

It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty.

Soccer is always changing and evolving, and I think our national team has had to change with the times.

In soccer, female athletes across the world wear shoes that are not meant for us, our feet, or our game.

I just want to be good at soccer and have a normal life; it is a little ironic that you can't have both.

I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.

We're in the top six, we've got five points and I've told the lads we need another 80 to win the League.

We didn't have money put away in the bank for a college fund; soccer was our lottery ticket, our gamble.

How on earth Traore gets into this team is beyond me. And he's a Champions League winner? Gimme a break.

I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left-winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.

I think it's important to make clear, you know, that the problem with American soccer... it isn't talent.

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

I believe that soccer can be an example of understanding and peace between countries and between peoples.

I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it.

On the playground, I was the type of kid who wanted to sing with the girls, not play soccer with the boys.

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

Whenever I wasn't watching the planes, I was playing community baseball, football, or something like that.

Stress is when you're 29 years old, playing for Rochdale, with an expiring contract and a mortgage to pay.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

Between two throw-ins in a soccer game, right behind my back, three thousand people had been put to death.

I know many sports fans that don't enjoy soccer. The argument is that there's no action, not enough of it.

Sometimes miracles happen. We have to be confident. We're convinced we can do something really exceptional.

If England had scored in the first half, I think the young legs would have found younger hearts inside them

If you were in the Brondby dressing room right now, which of the Liverpool players would you be looking at?

I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now.

Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.

The sport of soccer in general is very combative. People don't realize it's very one-on-one a lot of times.

I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.

Soccer may not explain the world or even contain the world. But it makes the world a slightly happier place.

I want soccer to be a stable profession that attracts young female athletes when they graduate from college.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

I think, with soccer, you never really know what's going to happen in your career - that's the beauty of it.

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.

My dad played for... the Villanueva de la Serena, so I guess that's why I play basketball instead of soccer.

If I can make an impact, I want to help some kids and bridge the gap between soccer and celebrity in America.

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president.

It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.

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.

I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that prediction.

I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl.

I like to go to the park with my family and friends and either play soccer, play tennis, or just go for walk.

Edgar was named as one of the players involved, but he was in my room, discussing religious subjects with me.

I’ve always said that you can live without water for many days, but you can’t live for a second without hope.

In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer.

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