FAMOUS FOOTBALL QUOTES

Football has become popular for some of its quotes especially the ones said by famous players and mangers.
Some football players and mangers are remembered for their skills and Titles they won, others have become famous for their pre and post match sayings.
Soccer4life takes a look at some of the famous football Quotes.

          

“Please don’t call me arrogant, but I’m European champion and I think I’m a special one.”
Mourihno on His arrival at Chelsea

“You players have got the chance to be the ones who win the Championship for Manchester United for the first time in 20 years. To do so you have to take over from men like Law and Best and Charlton, or you’ll always walk with their ghosts. It could be your greatest triumph, for you, and for your supporters, if you can emulate those heroes.”

Sir Alex - His 1st ever united team talk.

''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''. Pele

''Fail to prepare, prepare to fail''.

Roy Keane
''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

''I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my speciality, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty ; like I did with Barcelona. And here, there's every reason to think I can do it''.Ronaldo

Brazilian soccer player.
''I fell in love with football as I would later fall in love with women: suddenly, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain it would bring''.Nick Hornby
“What Carew does with a football, I can do with an orange.” - Ibrahimovic on john carew

Jose Mourinho on Arsene Wenger – October 2005:
“I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea.”

Bobby Charlton replied when soccer players were referred to as slaves:
“Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.”

''Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man''.Pele

''Brazilian soccer player, considered possibly world's greatest.
I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not''.Ronaldo

Brazilian soccer player, after winning 2002 World Cup.
''The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona''.
Maradona

Argentinian soccer player, on goal against England in 1986 World Cup.

Jose Mourhino during Chelsea’s winning streak – October 2005:
”Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.”

''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 

American female soccer player.

     
Sir Alex following the death of Sir Matt.

“I found him a wonderful and incredible man, a character of substance and charisma. There have been some outstanding managers in this country but without doubt he was the greatest there has ever been. You go through your life and meet maybe half a dozen truly educated people. There are plenty who are educated in one field, but Matt Busby always had a roundness of spirit and education of life. He set the benchmark for those of us who have followed him. Of course there has to be change, but I know I must strive to maintain the core of dignity and class he created. He threw down the gauntlet and said this is the way it should be done, this is Manchester United. People talk about greatness and in football it is a very misused word, but it is what you felt in the presence of Sir Matt Busby. He had an aura. He was the lord of them all. I am just glad we won the League Championship before he died and I am pleased he was at Old Trafford last May to see it.”

''Italians can't win the game against you, but you can lose the game against the Italians''.
Johan Cryuff
Dutch soccer player.

''Whoever invented football should be worshipped as a God''.
Hugo Sanchez
Mexican soccer player and coach.

''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

English writer.
Bobby Robson after playing Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup:
“We didn’t underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.”

Gordon Strachan referring to Wayne Rooney:
“It’s an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you’re more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.”

''You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten''. - Jose Mourinho ''The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything''. - Mia Hamm ''The Glaswegian definition of an atheist: a bloke who goes to a Rangers-Celtic match to watch the football''. Sandy Strang ''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 Mexican journalist, quoted in The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski (1969). Bob Paisley advising his players: “If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later.” ''At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks''.Bill Shankly English soccer manager. Gary Lineker after losing the 1990 World Cup semifinal to Germany on penalties: “Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.” Gerard Houllier on Liverpool: “You can’t say my team aren’t winners. They’ve proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the last three years.” John Lambie, Patrick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was: “That’s great, tell him he’s Pele and get him back on.” ''When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started''. Jose Mourinho