Best Motivational & Inspirational Soccer Quotes from The Greatest Players in the World with image
To win, you have to score one more goal than your opponent.
— Johan Cruyff
I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.
— Ronaldinho
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
— Pelé
Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That’s the nature of being a goalkeeper.
— Gary Speed
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.
― Phil Woosnam
I’ve never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best.
— Cristiano Ronaldo
In football [soccer], the worst blindness is only seeing the ball.
— Nelson Falcão Rodrigues
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I’ve never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.
— Abby Wambach
Many people say I’m the best women’s soccer player in the world. I don’t think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.
— Mia Hamm
Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football (soccer).
― Albert Camus
A penalty is a cowardly way to score.
― Pelé
In soccer, scoring a goal or saving one owes as much to skill as to luck.
― BS Murthy
Keep working even when no one is watching.
— Alex Morgan
When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.
— Diego Maradona
If you’re attacking, you don’t get as tired as when you’re chasing.
― Kyle Rote, Jr.
I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.
― Zinedine Zidane
I always want more. Whether it’s a goal, or winning a game, I’m never satisfied.
― Lionel Messi
In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
― Jean-Paul Sartre
It’s hard to beat somebody that never gives up.
— Megan Rapinoe
Before kids can play like a pro, they must enjoy playing the game like a kid.
— Steve Locker
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
In football [soccer] as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigor and precision.
— Lionel Messi
My heroes were always soccer players.
— Ronaldinho
No one player is as good as the sum of a team.
— Alfredo Di Stefano
I love soccer; I want to be on the field.
— Brandi Chastain
You can’t score a goal if you don’t take a shot.
— Johann Cruyff
Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back.
— Tony Adams
For sports players who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.
— Gary Neville
Soccer is simple. You just need to have the right mentality, fighting in every game, in every practice, and for every ball.
— Hristo Stoichkov
Talent without working hard is nothing.
— Cristiano Ronaldo
You can overcome anything if, and only if, you love something enough.
— Lionel Messi
The most important thing for a forward is the speed of thought. Top players read the game.
— Samuel Eto’o
You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
— Lionel Messi
When you win, you don’t get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.
— Diego Maradona
In football [soccer], the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There’s something greater than the result, more lasting — a legacy.
— Xavi
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
— Mia Hamm
Injuries can never be used as excuses.
— Victor Valdes
I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my conviction that there are no limits to learning and that it can never stop, no matter what our age.
— Cristiano Ronaldo
Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.
— Lionel Messi
Keep dreaming, even when people laugh at your dreams or tell you that they are impossible to achieve. Keep believing in yourself.
— Tobin Heath
I made many mistakes, but I learn(ed) from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players. They should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.
— Arsene Wenger
Life is full of regrets, but it doesn’t pay to look back.
— Zinedine Zidane
I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it’s a good problem.
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Good soccer players need not be titans sculpted by Michelangelo. In soccer, your ability is much more important than shape, and in many cases, skill is the art of turning limitations into virtues.
— Eduardo Galeano
The more difficult the victory the greater the happiness in winning.
— Pelé
I worked on my weaknesses and made them my strengths.
— Sydney Leroux
Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.
— Mia Hamm
I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.
— Eduardo Galeano
A champion is someone who does not settle for that day’s practice, that day’s competition, that day’s performance. They are always striving to be better. They don’t live in the past.
— Briana Scurry
I have to keep working hard and playing well because I don’t like to be second or third. They’re the worst places to be. You would be proud, of course, because it means you’re on the way, but you want to finish first.
— Paul Pogba
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
— Pelé
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can be.
— Christian Pulisic
Substitution is a true test of strength. The real performance of a player is seen not only during playing time but also and more especially when the player is substituted.
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Embrace the opportunity, no matter what it is. Look at everything in a positive light.
— Julie Ertz
Whatever brings you down will eventually make you stronger.
— Alex Morgan
Take your victories, whatever they might be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.
— Mia Hamm
I don’t have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It’s something I love doing.
— David Beckham
The secret is to believe in your dreams; in your potential that you can be like your star, keep searching, keep believing and don’t lose faith in yourself.
— Neymar
Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
― Bill Shankly
I have the chance to do for a living what I like the most in life, and that’s playing football. I can make people happy and enjoy myself at the same time.
― Ronaldo
Soccer isn’t the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community’s fabric, a repository of traditions.
― Franklin Foer
As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him on the playground. But I don’t think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.
― Gareth Bale
As a goalkeeper, you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what’s going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.
— Peter Shilton
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