Soccer Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old soccer quotes, soccer sayings, and soccer proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

How much soccer training is it needed to become a top player? It depends on the efficiency of your training routine. Setting long and short-term goals is a must. When planning out a soccer training regime, one must strive for realistic and consistent program that will diminish specific weaknesses. Broad versatility of soccer skills is the Nirvana of every dedicated trainee. Pele
For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. Ronaldinho
Average soccer players complicate the game, great players simplify it. Thierry Henry
Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. We're in it for the bigger goal - to move it along for the next generation. Landon Donovan
Soccer is simple... you just need to have the right mentality, fighting in every game, in every practice and for every ball. Hristo Stoichkov
Soccer forces life to move on. There’s always a new match. A new season. There’s always a dream that everything can get better. It’s a game of wonders. Fredrik Backman
The aura of soccer is very different from other sports. Dave Checketts
Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay. Ann Coulter
Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize. Germaine Greer
Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base. Chuck Klosterman
In England, soccer is a grey game played by grey people on grey days. Rodney Marsh
America is the land of opportunity for soccer. Ron Newman
If the US becomes enthralled by soccer it will be when every back street and stretch of urban waste ground has its teams of kids playing their makeshift matches, the players claiming the temporary identity of the world's stars. Environments like that produce those stars. Football is an inner compulsion. It cannot be settled on a people like instant coffee. Arthur Hopcraft
To say that American soccer is football of the future is ludicrous. You've got to see football in the black townships of South Africa or in Rio de Janeiro before you can talk about the future of football. Who can name five top American players? Jack Taylor
Soccer isn't ballet. If Heskey doesn't like getting kicked, he should play the piano. Jovan Tanasijević
I was nearly a soccer brat, but the more I earned the louder my conscience became. Niall Quinn
Soccer is to sport what athlete's foot is to injuries. Tom Weir
We enjoyed soccer better then than today. We never saw a blackboard. James Brown
Not to be outdone, soccer has become popular at both the youth and collegiate levels. Professional soccer clubs can be found in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Orlando, and Atlanta. Polly Powers Stramm
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence. Bobby Charlton
Soccer is a gentleman's game played by beasts. Football is a beastly game played by beasts. Henry Blaha
Soccer is more than a game. It provides a structured environment that instills self-discipline, builds self-confidence, and fosters quality relationships with peers and coach-mentors. U.S. Soccer Foundation
Our soccer community is better when it embraces diversity. Tracey Kevin and Gonzalo Segares
Soccer, / The love and passion, / changing people's live and emotions, / The ball, / played with the feet and the mind / soccer is a game that everybody love and play. Pablo Pacheco