The 90 best football phrases

How many times have you enjoyed a soccer game with your family or friends? On television, live or on the radio, we can feel the tension and energy of the games that take place during the World Cups, the cups or national meetings between teams.

Soccer is a sport that has managed to unite millions of people around the world in the same passion while supporting their favorite team so that they may achieve glory.

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Have you ever read quotes about soccer? Well, in this article you will know the best phrases about this sport that is recognized and enjoyed worldwide.

Famous quotes and phrases about football

From players and coaches to public figures, soccer offers us a very interesting vision of this energetic and competitive life.

1. The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness of winning. (Pele)

Phrase of one of the best players in the history of football.

2. I am sorry for 99% of everything I did in my life, but the 1% that is football saves the rest (Maradona)

The way of seeing the football of one of its biggest stars.

3. There is nothing more dangerous than taking no chances. (Pep Guardiola)

The one who dares to take the lead wins.

4. Put your goals in the highest, do not stop until you get there. (Bo Jackson)

Everyone can achieve their dreams.

5. Talking about fair play, respect for the adversary and a red card for racism, should not be words, they should be deeds. (Jose Mourinho)

Soccer teaches us that differences do not separate us. We can all work as a team.

6. It always seemed more interesting to me to score an own goal than a goal. A goal, unless one is called Pelé, is something eminently vulgar and very rude to the goalkeeper On the contrary, who you do not know and who has not done anything to you, while an own goal is a gesture of independence. (Roberto Bolaño)

A fun analysis of the glory of the match.

7. A rival without attacking interest? It's like trying to make love to a tree. (Jorge Valdano)

The interesting thing about football is seeing how teams fight for glory.

8. In his life, a man can change his wife, political party or religion, but he cannot change his football team. (Eduardo Galeano)

Have you changed your soccer team?

9. You have to fight to achieve your dreams. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it. (Lionel Messi)

All great players were once rookies.

10. Scoring a penalty is a very cowardly way to score. (Pele)

An interesting insight into the scorer's honor.

11. There is no pressure when you make a dream come true. (Neymar)

The road to success, although difficult, should not tear you apart.

12. Football is a miracle that allowed Europe to hate itself without destroying itself. (Paul Auster)

Soccer is about a balanced enmity without causing a war.

13. The Hispanic religious cult has given way to a new faith, in which priests emerge from an underground cavity and officiate with their feet. (José Luis Sampedro)

This sport is almost a new religion.

14. Everything I know with greater certainty about the morals and obligations of men, I owe to football. (Albert Camus)

For many, this sport has been a salvation.

15. Soccer reminds me of old and intense loves, because in no other place like in the stadium you can love or hate someone so much. (Françoise Sagan)

Soccer is undoubtedly an exciting sport.

16. Every season is a new challenge for me, and I always aim to improve in terms of games, goals and assists. (Cristiano Ronaldo)

Players must always challenge themselves to grow.

17. Scoring a goal is like making love. (Alfredo Di Stéfano)

A very intense comparison.

18. In football, the worst blindness is just seeing the ball. (Nelson Falcão Rodrigues)

Especially when it comes to a sport in which the most valuable thing is teamwork.

19. Of all the unimportant things, soccer is by far the most important. (John Paul II)

Yes, it is a mundane element, but it is the one that is most enjoyed.

20. Soccer, a sport in which everyone gets hurt and each nation has its own style of play, which seems unfair to foreigners. (George Orwell)

Interesting analysis by the hand of a great writer.

21. Don't let the pleasure of competition outweigh the pressure of competition. (Jim Rodgers)

Many teams can easily lose when victory goes to their heads.

22. If you are in the penalty area and you don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we will discuss the alternatives later. (Bill Shankly)

In football, doubting can cost a lot.

23. Talent is not everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best. (Cristiano Ronaldo)

It is useless to have natural talent if you do not work to perfect it.

24. I'd rather be a good person than be the best player in the world. (Lionel Messi)

No matter how far you go, it is always important to remain humble.

25. Soccer is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the slightest mistake wins. (Johan Cruyff)

Teams are strengthened when they are able to study and overcome their mistakes.

26. Since I was a kid, my father taught me to play soccer for fun. (Juan roman riquelme)

Your hobby can become your way of making a living.

27. Rugby is a barbarian game played by gentlemen; soccer, a gentlemen's game played by barbarians. (Oscar Wilde)

An interesting vision of football. Do you agree with her?

28. No player is as good as everyone put together. (Alfredo Di Stéfano)

Again, it reminds us that soccer is about playing as a team.

29. Forwards win games. Defenders win championships. (John Gregory)

Everyone has their importance on the court.

30. It is better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners. (Roberto Baggio)

As long as they have the same goal in mind.

31. Football should always be a show (Johann Cruyff)

Every game is an act of fun.

32. I always want more. Whether it is a goal or winning a game, I am never satisfied. (Lionel Messi)

The hunger of every player to want the game to never end.

33. I had told him that football is for the humble, because it is the only job in which you can do everything wrong in a game and win it and you can do everything right and lose it. (David Trueba)

In football nothing is guaranteed until the last minute.

34. Okay, publishing a book and releasing a movie is great, but Tottenham beating Manchester United 3-2 is priceless. (Salman Rushdie)

The pain of watching your favorite team lose.

35. Soccer interests me because it is a benevolent religion that has done very little harm. (Manuel Vázquez Montalbán)

Despite the confrontations, there are more bonds of friendship that are created.

36. I don't want to be a star; I prefer to be a good example for children. (Zinedine Yazid Zidane)

The best thing about this sport is that it becomes a healthy teaching for others.

37. Soccer is much more than a matter of life and death. (Bill Shankly)

The spectators watch a game, but those involved see his life.

38. All good athletes make mistakes; greats learn to make that mistake only once. (Raúl López)

No one is exempt from an error, but it is necessary not to repeat it.

39. The day I no longer have fun playing soccer, I'm going to have mate with my mom. (Juan roman riquelme)

A funny vision about the end of a passion.

40. I fell in love with football just as I later fell in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, without criticism, without thinking about the pain or the upheaval it would bring. (Nick Hornby)

Once you enjoy a game, you don't want to miss one.

41. Winning is not enough. Victory must be achieved in a certain way. (Emilio Butragueño)

Victories must be achieved fairly.

42. In football, everything is complicated by the presence of the rival. (Jean Paul Sartre)

Rivalries keep games interesting.

43. The speed of the brain is more important than that of the legs. (Xavi Hernandez)

Soccer is played with the head. The legs are just tools.

44. If you are unlucky and have people to help you along the way, you will never be the best. (Zinedine Yazid Zidane)

Success consists of a series of events that come together to give an optimal result.

45. I have the opportunity to earn a living with what I like the most in life, and that is playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time. (Ronaldo)

The happiness of living with what you love to do.

46. Cruyff was better than me, but I was world champion (Beckenbauer)

The eternal ego of the player.

47. I am not a god, I am just a footballer. (Zinedine Yazid Zidane)

Zidane insisted on showing that he was just a player who did his job well.

48. Football belongs to those who love the club. That is the heart of this activity. Soccer belongs to the people. (Marcelo Bielsa)

The heart of the sport is its fans.

49. Jesus Christ was not nice to everyone either, so imagine me. (Jose Mourinho)

Not all players are loved.

50. Soccer works like chess. Also there, queens and bishops, rooks and knights can take us back to a forgotten Middle Ages, but the only thing that counts is the death of the king, mate. And mate, in football, is the goal. (Vladimir Dimitrijevic)

Interesting comparison between two sports that seem to be very different.

51. The world seems like a totally different place after two consecutive wins. (Gordon Stratchan)

The view after the victory.

52. For some it is important, I do not care. I don't need the golden ball to know that I am the best. (Ibrahimovic)

Not all players view success in the same way.

53. I want to turn the story around. (Paolo Maldini)

Everyone wants to make their mark on the world.

54. I learned everything about life with a ball at my feet. (Ronaldinho)

For many players, soccer is their life.

55. In the European environment, it is surprising that a country with 25% of the population on the poverty line and six million unemployed pays one uncle one hundred million euros for kicking a ball. (Miguel Ángel Revilla)

The negative and commercial side of football.

56. I know what the appeal of football is. It is the only sport that is usually decided by a point so the pressure at the moment is more intense in football than in any other sport. (Martin Amis)

Without a doubt, the intensity of football is felt throughout the stadium.

57. A team is like a good watch: if a piece is lost it is still beautiful, but it no longer works the same. (Ruud Gullit)

A great analysis on teamwork within soccer.

58. Every morning, in every corner of the world, from the grasslands of Iceland to the ends of the Land of Fire, from the easternmost Siberia to Brazil, soccer embraces the hearts of millions of men who they wake up. (René Fregni)

A beautiful way of seeing the union that is achieved with sport.

59. A soccer team represents a way of being, a culture. (Michel Platini)

Each culture has its stamp printed on the equipment.

60. I was the top scorer in Europe, but I never won a World Cup (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira)

Not all achieve maximum glory, despite being talented players.

61. Success without honor is the greatest of failures. (Vicente del Bosque)

Despite all the talent and accomplishments, honor must always be a priority.

62. The satisfaction in the country exceeds the merely sporting. It is a success of all, it is just the award received today. (Vicente del Bosque)

Victory is not only of the team, but of the place they represent.

63. Five days are for work, as the Bible says. The seventh day is for the Lord, your God. The sixth day is for soccer. (Anthony Burgess)

For those who feel football is a religion.

64. In this life they don't forgive you if you stop winning, and they hate you if you always win. (Jorge Valdano)

The disparity to which a player is subjected.

65. How is soccer like God? In the devotion that many believers have for him and in the distrust that many intellectuals have in him. (Eduardo Galeano)

Emphasizing again the divine power of football.

66. I don't play to win ballons, I play to be happy. (Andres Iniesta)

Some see soccer as their place of enjoyment rather than as an all or nothing gamble.

67. It is incredible how the passion for soccer unites so many people. (Xavi Hernandez)

How many friends or families don't get together to watch a soccer game?

68. Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simply. (Johan Cruyff)

Soccer is not simple at all.

69. For me, this is a collective game and when you do that, you get a lot. (Manuel Preciado)

Emphasizing teamwork.

70. Life is nothing but a football game. (Walter Scott)

Will life be an intense soccer match that we want to win?

71. Soccer is a sport invented by the English, which the Brazilians know how to play and in which the Germans always win. (Gary Lineker)

Speaking of those who lead the world of football.

72. There are some towns and villages in Brazil that do not have a church, but there are none without a soccer field. (Eduardo Galeano)

The eternal belief that Brazil is the land of soccer.

73. If you want to be an important footballer, you can also be a goalkeeper. (Gianluigi Buffon)

Goalkeepers are also stars, captains, and great players.

74. Thanks to football, a miserable country can be very big. (Roger Milla)

Because each team carries the representation of its flag.

75. Good soccer players don't need to be Michelangelo sculpted titans. In football, ability is much more important than form, and in many cases, ability is the art of turning limitations into virtues. (Eduardo Galeano)

Great talents are not needed, but partners capable of cooperating.

76. A football team is like a piano. You need eight people to move it, and three who can play the damn instrument. (Bill Shankly)

Another analysis of the importance of teamwork in this sport.

77. I'd rather lose one game by nine goals than nine games by one goal. (Vujadin Boskov)

The priorities of each player, both in wins and losses.

78. Soccer is the most widespread religion designed in the 20th century on the planet. (Manuel Vázquez Montalbán)

In short, everyone breathes football when the season arrives.

79. The goals suffered lurk, always. You don't remember the ones you saved, but the ones that got you. The archer who does not have that internal torment, has no future. (Lev Yashin)

The constant pressure on archers.

80. God was with us, but the referee was not (Hristo Stoichkov)

Disagreements between players and referees are so common.

81. I hate losing and that gives you extra determination to work harder. (Wayne Rooney)

In football, defeats must be a motivation to grow.

82. Soccer is the most important among the least important things. (Jorge Valdano)

Reiterating that football, despite being entertainment, is something that many of us are passionate about.

83. In sports, anticipating what may happen is almost as important as what actually happens. (Bob Costas)

Each player must be one step ahead of his rival.

84. Is there anything more beautiful than celebrating a goal? (Andoni Bombín)

The satisfaction of celebrating a goal.

85. Those of us who have innate talent since childhood just have to keep it. I don't need to go to the gym. (Iker Casillas)

Work your talent until you can be a teacher.

86. Football is unforgiving. You have to be the best every day (Luis Figo)

Every day players must push themselves more and more to keep up.

87. I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It is something that I love to do. (David Beckham)

Something we all want: that our hobby is our work.

88. A game without goals is like a Sunday without sun. (Alfredo Di Stéfano)

Speaking of the dissatisfaction of a match that ends 0-0.

89. There are players who go to the ball, almost all of them. And there are balls that go to the players. It happens only to the best. (Nils Liedholm)

There are those who are simply talented with the ball.

90. If I die one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do a lot, because it is the greatest sport in the world. (Pele)

The happiness of feeling complete with what you do.