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Someone said "football is more important than life and death to you" and I said "Listen, it's more important than that."
— Bill Shankly, 1981
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He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.
— George Best, commenting on David Beckham's ability in 2000
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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
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I told myself before the game, 'he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else' - but I was wrong.
— Tarcisio Burgnich, regarding Pelé, in the 1970 World Cup Finals.
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When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
— Eric Cantona, following the "Kung-Fu Kick Incident" of January 1995
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Look!, We have two eyes, two legs, we are the same as them, the only difference is that they play in Europe.
— Cuauhtémoc Blanco, to his fellow Mexico players at the 1998 World Cup Finals
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Nobody can stop him. Probably the only way to do it is to kill him. When he runs at you, you try to grab his shirt or do whatever you can. But he just goes past you, makes fun out of you and leaves you kicking the air.
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I eat football, I sleep football, I breathe football. I'm not mad, I'm just passionate.
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First I went left, he did too. Then I went right, and he did too. Then I went left again, and he went to buy a hot dog.
— Zlatan Ibrahimović, on Stephane Henchoz's failed attempt to tackle him.
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Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.
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Things have taken time to get used to, the weather's not great and people seem to drink beer all the time, but there’s nowhere I’d rather be playing.
— Obafemi Martins, on settling into Newcastle
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Before the match my daughter said: 'Beenie the horse wants to sit next to you by the drinks holder on the touchline'. It is difficult to tell a seven-year-old: 'This is the Premiership, I’m known as Psycho and I'm a hard man'.
— Stuart Pearce, on having a cuddly toy with him on the bench
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The kid makes you sick. He looks the part, he walks the part, he is the part. He's six-foot something, fit as a flea, good-looking - he's got to have something wrong with him....Hopefully he's hung like a hamster! That would make us all feel better!
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I have never started a fight in my life but I have finished a few... sometimes I shudder when I think about what I have done.
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If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.
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That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on.
— John Lambie, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was.
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Away from home our fans are fantastic...but at home they have a few drinks and probably the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.
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If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there.
— Brian Clough, on his dislike for long balls
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I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
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Football is simple, but the most difficult thing is to play simple football.
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I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell.
— Alex Ferguson, immediately after the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final
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To put it in gentleman's terms if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they're good looking and some weeks they're not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She weren't the best looking lady we ended up taking home but she was very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much, let's have a coffee
— Ian Holloway, on an 'ugly' win against Chesterfield
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We need a big, ugly defender. If we had one of them we'd have dealt with County's first goal by taking out the ball, the player and the first three rows of seats in the stands.
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At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the cheques.
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Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present, it was her birthday. Would I have got married in the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.
— Bill Shankly, on the offside rule
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Soccer is the biggest thing that's happened in creation. It's bigger than any 'ism' you can name
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When I looked down the leg was lying one way and my ankle was pointing towards Hong Kong - so I knew I was in serious trouble.
— Alan Smith, on breaking his leg in 2006
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I don't let my opponent get into the game for a second. I destroy him and eat him raw.
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Statistics are like miniskirts, they give you good ideas but hide the important things.
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Some people are on the pitch! They think it's all over! It is now, it's four!
— Kenneth Wolstenholme, as Geoff Hurst scores the winning goal in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final
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What else is there in life? Cricket is like watching paint dry. Tennis? Golf is a pain in the backside. The only game in town is soccer.
— Ken Bates
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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.
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Whoever invented football should be worshipped as a God.
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Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord thy God's. The sixth day is for football.
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The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.
— Mia Hamm
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Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.
— Elizabeth II, speaking to Premier League chairman Dave Richards


The Selected quote box on the portal chooses one of the following at random when displaying the page. Follow the instructions below for adding or nominating a new quote to the list.

Usage

Football related quotations can be added directly to this list without nomination.

Template

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The template will auto-wikilink the article entered in the link= field. Further information on this template can be found at Portal:Association football/Selected quote/Layout.

To add a new article

  1. Click on the next successive empty entry or red link from this page.
  2. Paste the above layout template if it isn't already there.
  3. Enter the quotation in the text= field and the originator of the quote as the link=
  4. Use the detail= element to give context to the quote if needed i.e. "on being verbally attacked by X"
  5. Preview the page and check that it is correct
  6. Save the page
  7. Go to the main Portal:Association football page.
  8. Click on edit page.
  9. Update "max=" to its new total for the {{Random portal component}} on the main page. The line which is edited is this one: {{Random portal component|max=4|header=Selected quote|subpage=Selected quote}} Make sure that "max=" is the same numerical value as the article entry added above (i.e. if you added quote 43, then max=43)
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