Soccer Quotes - Philosophy

"Why is there only one ball for 22 players? If you gave a ball to each of them, they'd stop fighting for it"
Unknown

"Why in the hell didn't we think of that?

Soccer Quotes

"Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match."
Ian Wright

I for one am glad that Ian resisted the urge to be "too harsh" with Becks. After all he could have said something really nasty you know.

Torres 1 v 1 with Liverpool new defender

Fernando Torres does not have much trouble with most Premiership defenders but Liverpool's new defensive signing pretty well stuffed the Spanish striker. Watch and learn.

From the Players Point of View

This NIKE video follows a player from the 1st Division to Arsenal and a few National teams. The video is shot from the players point of view. Take a look, it is pretty neat.

Roy Keane and Patrick Viera...together again!

Roy and Patrick exchange well wishes before a match at Old Trafford.

"Patrick Vieira is 6 foot 4, and he starts having a go at Gary Neville, so I said 'come on have a go at me,' that's it."
Roy Keane quote

Can't we all just get along?

Roy Keane (Manchester United) and Patrick Viera (Arsenal) refresh thier relationship on the pitch in a Premiership Match. Ever the peacemaker, Keane asks "can't we all just get along?" I don't think so. ManUtd won.

Soccer (Football) Quotes - Players

"We lost because we didn't win."
-- Ronaldo

- Proof that you don't have to have a college degree to kick a ball...

"We must have had 99% of the game. It was the other 3% that cost us the match."
-- Ruud Gullit

- No comment...just see the above comment about a college degree...

"Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had".
-- David Beckham

-Yeah go ahead and laugh. This guy makes $52 million a year in MLS...


"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
-- George Best

-Now this is a guy with his priorities in order. BTW he had a liver transplant which led to complications that caused his death...go figure!

"My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7."
-- David Beckham

-So I guess from birth to 7 his parents did not really give a damn, right?

Soccer (Football) Quotes - Philosophy

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.
Oscar Wilde
Irish writer.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
Jean Paul Sartre
French philosopher.

The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.
Phil Woosnam
Welsh soccer player and manager.


Players win games and players lose games, it's all about players really
Bobby Ferguson