The 66 most famous phrases of football and footballers
Surely the sport of soccer is the most influential activity in the lives of people, where football stadiums are sacred temples that replace the Church itself on Sundays , and whose players are mass idols.
The figure of the football player or the coach, if it is famous, of course, lasts until eternity, with a level of idolatry worthy of the divine prophets or the gods of Ancient Greece. Sometimes hated, and sometimes beloved, footballers have also conjugated phrases that have remained for posterity.
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The most relevant phrases of football
In this article we offer you a variety of phrases that football characters have left engraved in time.
1. I am sorry for 99% of everything I did in my life, but the 1% that is football saves the rest (Maradona)
The Argentine star thus showed his love for the discipline that made him famous.
2. Scoring with a penalty is a very cowardly way of scoring (Pelé)
The Brazilian star thought in this way about scoring goals.
3. Scoring a goal is like making love (Di Stéfano)
Di Stéfano was part of the Best Real Madrid FC, and his love for football was eternal.
4. If I had not done all those bad things, Pele was not even second on the world list (Maradona)
Always controversial Maradona, had a strong rivalry with another big one as was Pele.
5. I was wrong and I paid, but the ball does not get stained (Maradona)
This phrase of soccer unmarks the player of the profession, in this case because of the turbid fame that Maradona achieved due to his behavior outside the field.
6. The more difficult, the greater the feeling of victory (Pele)
The 5 times world champion enjoyed the difficulty of his victories.
7. When the others went on a spree after training, I kept hitting the ball (Pelé)
Discipline and commitment, keys to succeed in football.
8. No player is as good as everyone together (Di Stéfano)
Without the team, a player can never succeed.
9. We played like never before and we lost as always (Di Stéfano)
Sometimes soccer is unfair.
10. A match without goals is like a Sunday without sun (Di Stéfano)
Di Stéfano showed the boredom of a match with a score of 0-0.
11. Your hatred makes me unstoppable (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Some celebrities feed their ego and professionalism when they are hated and rejected.
12. You have to learn the trade to be the best, it's not worth only with talent (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Talent is not everything, you have to train to improve and reach perfection.
13. I prefer to be a good person to be the best player in the world (Messi)
Soccer players should be an example on and off the field.
14. I just want to win, not score many goals (Messi)
For many, it does not matter how, they just win.
15. Football should always be a show (Cruyff)
Johann Cruyff marked a before and after in the football style of play.
16. Football is much more than a matter of life or death (Shankly)
It is not unreasonable to say that soccer is a religion for the majority who follow it.
17. If you do not have luck and people who help you along the way, you will never become the best (Zidane)
Individualism is never an option to succeed in sport.
18. I prefer to be a good example for children to be a star (Zidane)
Like Messi, Zidane gave importance to his image outside the field.
19. Cruyff was better than me, but I was world champion (Beckenbauer)
All the stars believe that they are the best in the world.
20. I do not like losing anything, I always try to win (Messi)
The competitive gene of the best in the world is reflected in this phrase.
21. If you score goals you are the biggest, if not, you are a fat man (Ronaldo Nazário)
So demanding is the hobby that a small failure can be the conviction of a star player.
22. You can be as virtuous as you want, but you are nobody without your team (Zidane)
Zidane returns to claim the role of the global group to be the best.
23. Football should always be played in an attractive way (Cruyff)
The Dutch star was an artist in football tactics.
24. What Zidane does with a ball, Maradona does it with an orange (Platini)
In this way Michele Platini wanted to compare the two greats of football.
25. I want to turn the story (Maldini)
International football figure, he became famous for his way of being and his love of discipline.
26. I was Europe's top scorer, but I never won a World Cup (Eusebio)
For some players the competitions mark their qualitative criteria.
27. The speed of the head is more important than that of the legs (Xavi Hernández)
Soccer is not just hitting the ball and running.
28. It's amazing how the passion of football unites so many people (Xavi Hernández)
It is the sport that has most influenced globally.
29. Surely it's ugly, but I have charm (Ronaldinho)
They said it was the personified smile, that of Ronaldinho Gaúcho.
30. Thanks to football a miserable country can be very big (Mile)
Although some see it as a shady business, football always has a positive impact.
31. My best trophy is having met Jesus (Rivaldo)
The Brazilian players stood out for their prayers and beliefs.
32. Not all blacks run or all white people are rich (Thuram)
Lilian Thuram had a certain claim character, due to his condition as a black player.
33. God was with us, but the referee did not (Stoichkov)
In this way the Bulgarian player wanted to denounce the bad management of the referee in a match.
34. Football does not forgive. You have to be the best every day (Figo)
Maintaining competitiveness and discipline is what leads to success.
35. Game to be happy, not to win anything (Iniesta)
Andrés Iniesta is one of those players who loves football like when he was a kid.
36. If we lose we will be the best, if we win we will be eternal (Pep Guardiola)
Player and later coach of FC Barcelona, he obtained a crucial role in the best period of the club.
37. The victories belong to everyone and the defeats of only one: I (Mourinho)
José Mourinho was from "Special One", and phrases like this corroborate it.
38. Success without honor is a failure (Vicente del Bosque)
It is not worth everything to win. It must be done in a dignified manner.
39. A man with new ideas is a madman, until they succeed (Bielsa)
The novelty always generates fear and confusion, but if it succeeds it is brilliant.
40. Football is not a game, it's magic (Beckham)
Not in vain David Beckham was part of the team of "The Galactics".
41. All my heroes were soccer players (Ibrahimovic)
Some players dream 24 hours with football.
42. If you want to have a friend, buy yourself a dog (Van Basten)
The Dutch star was exaggeratedly professional. Your words subscribe
43. There are only good players and bad players (Santiago Bernabéu)
Santiago Bernabéu did not understand another classification, he did not have gray areas.
44. Football is not perfect, but they insist that the referee be (Del Piero)
Whenever a match is lost by a team, they blame the judge of the match.
45. Run like a black to live like a white (Eto'o)
Samuel Eto'o is among the most controversial football players in history.
46. I'm from Móstoles, not galactic (Iker Casillas)
The Spanish keeper was always an example of humility.
47. I do not need the golden ball to know that I am the best (Ibrahimovic)
Each player has a different point of view.
48. Football teams are a way of being (Platini)
They are a culture, a sign of identity for many, above their nationality.
49. Football is the only love that never disappoints (Deco)
The former FC Barcelona player expressed his passion for football.
50. Treat the ball well is to treat the amateur well (Valdano)
Many were what gave much importance to the way of playing.
51. No matter how much you run, only where and why (Zeman)
Football requires intelligence and precision, not just strength.
52. I touched Messi to make sure he is a human being (Buffon)
In this way the Italian goalkeeper extolled the figure of the Argentine star.
53. Ronaldinho is the joy of football in person (Roberto Carlos)
I'm probably the only player in the world who was loved by everyone.
54. If a soccer player believes himself above the coach: goodbye (Ferguson)
Discipline and hierarchy in this phrase of soccer.
55. There are useful, not indispensable players (Lippi)
It seems that even in football, sometimes so individualistic, no one is essential.
56. The press always negative, never positive (Van Gaal)
One of the great phrases of the football of the late SXX.
57. The team is like an army, you have to leave your life to win (Van Gaal)
The Dutch coach was always a show on the wheels of rpensa.
58. Football is a simple sport in which some like to talk. I like to win (Capello)
Fabio Capello, player and then coach, always spoke on the field.
59. Leo Messi is a video game player, he does what he wants with the ball (Wenger)
Another of the great coaches of all time, described with this phrase to Lionel Messi.
60. You have to win with spectacular football (Ancelotti)
This phrase of football was also said by a very successful coach.
61. You have to have self-criticism to keep winning (Bielsa)
Self-criticism is the key to success.
62. Something allows me to withstand the blows and keep fighting (Messi)
It has always been said of Lionel Messi that he is an extraterrestrial.
63. Football is constant evolution (Frank de Boer)
As in the business world, football is renewed so as not to die.
64. Spain always knew how to play, not compete (Luís Aragonés)
Idol and coach of the Spanish team, explained the failures of it.
65. Curiosity always resides in the ball (Mágico González)
For some the ball is the most precious element of football.
66. Puskas handled the ball better with his left leg than I did with his hand (Di Stéfano)
A big praising another big one in admiration.
