748 Quotes About Soccer

Accepting the eventual certainty of defeat in turn liberates you to take real joy in any small victory, that one good kick. /225

Amare è trovare il proprio portiere fantastico anche dopo venti errori.

I worked on my weaknesses and made them my strengths.

Anson Dorrance ... left me a short, encouraging note: "The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when nobody else is watching.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits, and get on with trying to win.

He was the northern star. I had no choice but to become enveloped in his brightness and let it coax me toward him. Wanting him was an unconscious impulse, like taking my next breath.

Years have gone by and I've finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good soccer. I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead:"A pretty move, for the love of God."And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it.

i learned all about life with a ball at my feet