Quotes by Soccer He's a gift from heaven, he is truly a gift from heaven. Whatever he touches turns to gold. Cristiano Ronaldo gold soccer heaven He is as tough as anything. You can crack him once, but he won't let it bother him. He's back on his feet in no time and getting on with it. He is a strong character and a great sight when he's heading for goal. Cristiano Ronaldo strong soccer character I don't like being alone. Cristiano Ronaldo like-being-alone soccer It's not a problem. In four or five days I will be beautiful once again. Cristiano Ronaldo beautiful football soccer I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer. Cristiano Ronaldo player football soccer There's no point in making predictions. It's not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football. Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future. Cristiano Ronaldo opportunity football soccer Ronaldo can do whatever he wants as a footballer. There are some things he does with the ball that make me touch my head and wonder how he did it. Cristiano Ronaldo balls doe soccer When you see someone like him coming on, with his great pace and desire to take someone on, it is a boost. Cristiano Ronaldo pace desire soccer For me, he is an exceptional player. Cristiano Ronaldo exceptional player soccer We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was terrified of unwittingly leaving behind a scrap of paper on which were written all my private desires and humiliations. The fact that no such scrap of paper existed, that I did not even keep a diary or write letters except bland, earnest, falsely cheerful ones to my family (We lost to St. Francis in soccer, but I think we’ll win our game this Saturday; we are working on self-portraits in art class, and the hardest part for me is the nose) never decreased my fear. Curtis Sittenfeld writing soccer art I do not play football, I score goals. Dada Maravilha play football soccer No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training (I think you can apply this to soccer as well) Dalai Lama practice soccer thinking You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. Dan Birdwell motivational football soccer Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent. Dan Marino football soccer sports There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass. Dan Marino nfl perfect soccer Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic. What fans are interested in is 'throwawayability': which teams toss away hard-earned leads? Now we know that 'throwawayability' exists because we proved last season that 'bouncebackability' exists (although, hilariously, Palace don't have it) and 'throw-awayability' is the flip side of it. Daniel Finkelstein team football soccer The statistics John Wesson has compiled in The Science of Soccer show that Premiership football players are vastly more likely to have been born in the first half of the school year. These were the biggest boys in the class and were thus selected for the school team. How fair is that? Daniel Finkelstein team football soccer You know what I wonder about? This - the more details of Sven-Göran Eriksson's love life that appear in the press, the more contempt he attracts for his choice of substitutes in England games. Now, we haven't done the research, but my guess is that Sven's performances in the sack and that of his subs on the pitch are not correlated. So why do we link them? Daniel Finkelstein love-life football soccer This was football played at the speed of ice hockey and the ball was in play for only 53 minutes of the 90. The Premiership at its highest level is enthralling, edge-of-the-seat stuff, but sometimes it is too fast and frenetic for its own good. Daniel Taylor hockey football soccer If you like soccer, then welcome to America. See, our country already has entertainment so watching people chase a ball for four hours to end 0 - 0 is not enjoyable - unless, of course, the bleachers collapse and half of Europe dies. Daniel Tosh europe soccer country «1213141516171819202122»