Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carlos Pena, Jr.

Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it'.

Oliver Luck

We want everyone to feel welcome and become part of professional soccer in Houston.

Alan Shearer

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

Alan Shearer

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

Alan Shearer

I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.

Abby Wambach

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

Brian Clough

Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.

Brian Clough

Acne is a bigger problem than injuries.

Brian Clough

I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me.

Joe Gibbs

We have a smart football team, and they understand,

Mike Tice

When you're trying to win a playoff-caliber football game, you need to have all three parts play at that level. Not only the level of play-making ability, but also the level of poise and the level of intelligence or smartness.

Mike Shula

We want guys here we've got guys here who want to have people looking at them and wondering what our football team is about.

Alan Sillitoe

I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks.

Alan Sugar

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

Alan Sugar

There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.

Alan Shearer

I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that.

Alan Shearer

I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football.

Alan Shearer

I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.

Didier Drogba

Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.

Alex Ferguson

He's such a great threat because of his power and pace. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)

Alex Ferguson

He is improving all the time. He is only 21 and who knows what he is capable of. (on Cristiano Ronaldo)

Andy Cole

Regular readers will know I'm a fan of (Cristiano) Ronaldo, and an even bigger fan of the man who's assumed his mantle with quite astonishing success, Wayne Rooney. But Messi is on a higher plain than even that pair.

Carlo Ancelotti

Ronaldo is a unique player for all of his talent and his professionalism. He is a player who is extraordinarily consistent.

Paul Scholes

I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.

Neymar

I have both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as my idols. If I can take a little of each player's game and make it my own, I would be very happy,

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Every time he plays, Leo Messi reminds me more of Maradona, both left-footed and short, Messi is the best player in the world, along with Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo. For us it is not a surprise. Since he began to come and train with us and we knew we would go down this path. Someday I will explain that I was at the birth of one of the footballing greats: Leo Messi.

Jose Mourinho

If Messi is the best on the planet, Ronaldo is the best in the universe.