Great Quotes in football

[HoopsBhoyInNC]

This is in fact true for millions of fans around the world. How many of you in a geography test when asked for the most important cities of a country would name their top teams instead? :cool:

This stuff need to be repeated.

I was always good with geography, but sports helped out a lot :D. My teacher would ask where some city was and I would reply with the teams of that city and show her spot on where the city was.

[Antonio81]

A few of the funnier ones...




There are two Gods, one up there and one right here
Hristo Stoichkov referring to himself.


Make sure you wash them first.
Alf Ramsey referring to the rotten fruit thrown at the English side from Mexican fans in the 1970 World Cup.


Diego Maradona: Clemente doesn't have the balls to look me in the eye and call me stupid.

Javier Clemente: Maradona is both stupid and castrated. It's a shame a player that makes that much money has no human qualities whatsoever.
Exchange between Clemente and Maradona in the early 80s.


I'm going to have this out with Bilardo man to man, that is, if Bilardo is a man.
Maradona to a reporter before he and coach Carlos Bilardo exchanged punches in the locker room.


I wonder if most of them even realize a game is going on. My grandmother could play better than them.
Mexico's Argentine coach LaVolpe referring to the US after loosing to them.


That young man has ruined Italian football.
An Italian federation official on his decision to kick Korean striker Ahn off his Serie A club after he scored the winning goal against Italy in the 2002 second round.


If the come out to play Football, that's fine. If they come out to kick, that's fine too. Once they realize kicking isn't going to work, then we can play.
Roy Keane on the spoiling tactics of Manchester United's opponents.

[Cool Rob]

I saw a poster with a sig of my favorite goal quote by Barry Glendenning of the Guardian, describing that 24-pass Argentina goal against Serbia in 2006:

"Sweet mother of Jesus, how the ******** am I supposed to describe that? The goal of the tournament so far by Cambiasso, and quite possibly the greatest goal that's ever been scored. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Ping. Cambiano. Crespo. Cambiasso ... goal!"

[MrOranjeBal]

More enigmatic stuff from Cruyff:

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My personal favourite:

"If I wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better."

And finally, the phrase that should help all of you to understand the Dutch view on football and indeed life in general:

"It's better to fail with your own vision rather than following another man's vision."


Not to put too fine a point on it but I think it was: "It's better to go under (fail) by your own vision than by someone else's."

Some more Cruijffiaans (a Dutch adjective):

"Every disadvantage has its advantage."

"If you cannot win, make sure you do not lose."

"Sometimes, something has to happen before something will happen."

"Without the ball, one cannot win."

"You have to shoot, or you can't score."

Tom Egberts (Dutch TV host): Well, that was a deserved red card, wasn't it?"
Cruijff: "Mmmmmmwaaahhhh..... "
Egberts "But the ref didn't whistle for nothing, did he?"
Cruijff: "There is always someone who'll whistle..."

"The Korean defense was like Goat Cheese"

"Dutch football is much more fun than Italian. What are we waiting for? One shot per game? One move? You want to see 20 moves by Ronaldo, don't you? Not three."

"Football is played with the head. After all, the ball is much faster than legs."

"You only see it, if you get it."

[Roger Allaway]

Ron Atkinson:

"Throughout my career, I've always made it a policy not to criticize the referee, and I'm not going to change that for this idiot."

[Colorado_GAUCHO]

Americans don't know Geography. It's a fact. They barely know their own country. Talking about World Geography? Maybe 5% of people in that country know a bit, but for the most part the college graduates in America know less geography than junior high people where I went to school.

[Big Soccer Member]

"I never make predictions and I never will."

Paul 'daft as a brush' Gascoigne

[KaliPortland]

It's better to get dirty than to get hurt.

-my 4th grade coach (in response to little girls falling without putting their hands down first)

[KyleP]

"We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought."
- Sir Bobby Robson (1933-2009)

[harkes6]

more by the late Sir Bobby:

"What can I say about Peter Shilton? Peter Shilton is Peter Shilton, and he has been Peter Shilton since the year dot."

"I would have given my right arm to be a pianist."
he would have been a helluva one armed pianist :D

[Dimuha]

Someone might have posted this but absolutely nothing beats this one from an Uruguayan poet I believe.

" In a man's life he can switch wives, switch religions, but never his football team."

So true.

[CACuzcatlan]

Someone might have posted this but absolutely nothing beats this one from an Uruguayan poet I believe.

" In a man's life he can switch wives, switch religions, but never his football team."

So true.

Do you the name of the poet? I've heard many variations of this, but don't know what the original is or who wrote it.

[glennaldo_sf]

Good thread btw! Need to subscribe so I'll just throw in this one from Kevin Keegan back in 96 when Newcastle had just lost to Man United @ Old Trafford...

"The circus came to town but the lions and tigers and bears didn't show up...."

[deuteronomy]

My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan.
Eric Cantona (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/ericcanton304655.html)
YouTube - Cantona Kun Fu Kick

[deuteronomy]

Maybe they're Friendly
YouTube - Nike Soccer Commercial - Good vs. Evil

Au Revoir

[Antonio81]

In the aftermath of Zidane-Materazzi 2006...


I would have broken Materazzi´s head...I don´t know how you can insult another man and expect nothing to happen.
-former Argentine/Real Madrid star Alfredo di Stefano


If it´s true what he said, (Zidane) bring me Materazzi´s balls back on a platter.
-Zidane´s mother


He is a national hero...he did it for Algeria.
-Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika


For me the mother is sacred...It is absolutely not true...I did not call him a terrorist...I am ignorant, I don´t even know these things.
-Marco Materazzi


Zizu could not control himself. Unfortunately he is someone who reacts to things.
-French coach Aimé Jaquet


He said very tough words about my sister and mother. I tried not to listen, but he kept repeating them...I do not express regret because that would mean he was right to say that...There was a serious provocation. My act is not forgivable, but they must punish the true guilty party, and the guilty party is the one who provokes.
-Zinedine Zidane

[Big Soccer Member]

"Michael Owen - hes got the legs of a salmon." Craig Brown (Commentator)

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[Sinestro]

Romario on Pele.."Pele with his mouth shut is the worlds greatest poet"

Romario on rivalries..."I don't hate any team I just hate goalkeepers"

[Roger Allaway]

Michael Parkinson, a columnist for the Sunday Times of London, on Don Revie after Revie had quit as coach of England to become coach of the United Arab Emirates: "His writings on the game are being translated into Arabic from the original gibberish."