Soccer Quotes

Don't give up on soccer if it's what you love to do.

I started playing at 7 in a church league with boys. My dad and I knew nothing about soccer until I was 12. Then I joined a (lower-level) team. I remember me and my dad going out on my own.

When I come to a soccer field, I can forget all about my troubles, and I can forget about all the challenges that I have in life.

I don't pay attention to target audiences and therefore I often hear that I am a ratings killer, somebody who fundamentally doesn't care whether one person is watching or an entire soccer stadium.

I exercise a lot. I do gymnastics and soccer.

Mike was an outstanding soccer player at Belle Vernon Area, one of the best we've ever had. I'm sure he's excited about returning to Jim Weir Stadium, where he played so many good games. I think area soccer fans will enjoy the chance to see outstanding college and professional players in action.

It took a basketball player to win a soccer game.

They were crazy about it. It's like we were soccer stars in Italy. They would ask for autographs, and we'd go into a restaurant and they would spoil us, try to give us wine. So the spirit here is alive and kicking.

I don't like the competition part of soccer. It's a war in short pants. I prefer art.

We had great soccer at moments, but it was evident that we were pretty tired.

Great soccer is inspiring, on the street and in the stadium, and Nike is in Berlin today to celebrate brilliant football. Nike soccer is about the joy of playing. Our products, our players and our global brand leadership reflect that.

Nike soccer represents one of our top three businesses today, an incredible achievement from where we started in 1994. We have great momentum. In the past four years, we have more than doubled Nike's soccer business worldwide, and we have established brand leadership in the hearts and minds of consumers. We are confident that Nike product innovation and our connection to players and consumers will continue to drive significant growth.

Great soccer is inspiring, on the street and in the stadium, and Nike today celebrates brilliant soccer with the announcement of the perhaps the strongest side ever to represent the United States on the global football stage. Nike soccer is about the joy of playing, whether it be worldwide or here in the United States. Our products, our players and our global brand leadership reflect that.

[In foreign women's soccer action last weekend, SK Berlaar was beaten by KV Mechelen, 50-1. And somehow the losers were able to find a moral victory in the college football equivalent of USC beating Florida International, 650-13. Down, 27-0, at halftime,] we were able to recover, ... We had to stomach only 23 goals.

I think the problem with soccer is that the girls are doing way too much. I think that if they are already playing with the national team, then they shouldn't have to or shouldn't be able to play on the other teams.

He not only was my soccer coach, but a mentor for life. He was a friend. I have nothing but best wishes for him. He was always very interested in us doing well outside of soccer. I last played for him 12 years ago and every year he calls me on my birthday. He was just always very supportive of everything in your life. It wasn't all about athletics. I'm a fairly successful guy now and a lot of it is due to him.

Everybody in the soccer community has jumped onboard. Regardless of our individual agendas at the youth clubs and the college level and beyond, everybody has kind of embraced it and it's united the soccer community.

We were hoping that soccer stadium would have some athletics facilities and a track associated with it, but as I understand it, the powers that be don't want to have a track there. We were disappointed to see that.

I feel very privileged to be asked to be featured in another FIFA Soccer release, ... The game gives me the opportunity to play the matches I want to play every day of the week -- even while away from the field.

who always is happy and lively, in addition of having important soccer qualities.

I'm trying to figure out what high school soccer is like.

If it comes down to just soccer, we feel pretty good about our chances, that we can pretty much play with anybody. But you have unknown factors in a game, be it officials, crowds, other players. Those are things you gotta be smarter about, mature about, and still play within what we say we're going to do.

This year will be the best girls varsity soccer team Charlotte has ever had. We have a lot of talent this year and we have a lot of depth.

We've made significant progress this year. Everyone has made progress as soccer players. It just bums me out that it's taken this long. But we know that the juniors will have the basic ideas down when they come back next season.

I can't see the Eiffel Tower yet. We're only halfway there. Soccer is so crazy that things can turn around at any moment. We have to keep calm heads even if our hearts are hot.