Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andriy Shevchenko

Shevchenko is the best attacker in Europe. He has a great deal of consistency and he just keeps scoring - which in Italian football is very difficult. He is a complete player, someone who can do everything on a football field

Andriy Shevchenko

When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football.

Andy Cole

Shinji is a quality player but he is not the only one who is finding it hard to get regular football. There are many top players in the squad and there is plenty of competition.

Andy Cole

I can learn as much from Darius Vassell as he can from me - but he can learn more

Andrea Bocelli

I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends, and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.

Andrea Bocelli

I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.

Don King

I'm an ardent American Football fan.

Douglas Adams

Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.

Cris Collinsworth

If you said, 'What is the most important aspect of winning football games?' I don't think I could give you an answer to that question.

Cristiano Ronaldo

My father was always in good spirits, he loved football. It makes me a bit sad because if he could enjoy seeing me now, what I have achieved, that would be a highlight in his life. But I'm sure that he watches over me from above.

Cristiano Ronaldo

I still remember when my teacher told me that football wouldn't give me anything to eat

Cristiano Ronaldo

I will never reject an autograph, hug or photo. I was also a fan of football.

Cristiano Ronaldo

I know who likes football likes me

Cristiano Ronaldo

I'm in love with football, but I just needed to recapture that strength to train and play. So many people helped me along the way that I'm afraid to leave anyone out. Above all, though, I want to mention the help of my medical team that has been working alongside me for the past two years.

Cristiano Ronaldo

What I do as an individual player is only important if it helps the team to win. That is the most important thing.

Daniel Radcliffe

I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.

Cory Monteith

I'm Joe Canada, who never went to high school. I've never even been to a football game.

Clive Anderson

I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.

Dylan Moran

I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.

Abe Lemons

I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.

Alex McLeish

The more you lose, the more you don't win.

Alex McLeish

You only get a second to score a goal in football. In Wolves' case it was 20 seconds

Alex Smith

We had enough chances to win the game. In fact we did win it.

Alessandro Del Piero

Only two players made me cry when watching football, one was Diego Maradona and the other Ryan Giggs.

Alessandro Del Piero

Messi is the real deal when it comes to Number 10s. He represents a type of football that transcends borders.

Alessandro Del Piero

Money is not everything. My ambition was football itself, not the money I'd make from it. If that brings me and my family a more comfortable lifestyle, then that's fine. But I don't spend my time between games and training sessions thinking about figures.

Alessandro Del Piero

I have cried twice in my life watching a football player; the first one was Maradona and the second was Ryan Giggs.

Alex Ferguson

I do like to try and see myself in football players. Everybody is different and express themselves in different ways. There are different kinds of talents of course and there are many who I would never have had the talent that they have when I was a player. But I still had that determination to be successful and try my best.

Alex Ferguson

You are responsible to each other because when you win a game of football, you only need eight players to perform well.

Alex Ferguson

We got anxious at the end of the weekend in our urgency to try to score the winning goal. Ended up playing far too many long balls forward. That style of play doesn't suit Manchester United. We must continue to play football and enjoy the game. If we do that, eventually things will come right for us.

Alex Ferguson

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

Alex Ferguson

Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more.

Alex Ferguson

As long as there are games to play its not over