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101 Most Inspirational & Fun Soccer Quotes

“Dreams Are Not What You See In Your Sleep, Dreams Are Things Which Do Not Let You Sleep”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“I Don’t Have To Show Anything To Anyone. There Is Nothing To Prove”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“I Still Remember When My Teacher Told Me That Football Wouldn’t Give Me Anything To Eat”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“Your Love Makes Me Strong, Your Hate Makes Me Unstoppable”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“We Don’t Want To Tell Our Dream, We Want To Show Them”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“Talent Without Working Hard Is Nothing”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“I’m Not The Most Humblest Person In The World, I’ll Admit That”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“It’s Not About The Money, It’s About The Passion”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“Be Brave, Stay Strong, Go Beyond”

– Cristiano Ronaldo

“It Took Me 17 Years & 114 Days To Become An Overnight Success”

Lionel Messi

“I’m Not Sure Messi Is a Human”

Ander Herrera

“The Best Decision Aren’t Made With Your Mind, But With Your Instinct”

Lionel Messi

“The Day You Think There Is No Improvements To Be Made Is a Sad One For Any Player”

Lionel Messi

“I Was Born To Be Happy, Not Perfect”

Neymar

“Word Hard & Let Your Success Make The Noise”

Neymar

“I Won’t Be King of Manchester, I Will Be The God At Manchester”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I Can’t Help But Laugh At How Perfect I Am”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“Everyone Who Comes In My Way Will Lose”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I Am Zlatan, Who The Hell Are You?”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“Giving Up Is Not An Option”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I Need New Fans, The Old Ones Became My Fans”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“Only God Knows… You’re Looking At Him Right Now

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I Think I’m Like Wine, The Older I Get, The Better I Get

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“When I Step On The Pitch I’m a Lion”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I Felt Like I Had 11 Babies Around Me”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“Lions Don’t Recover Like Humans”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“Zlatan Doesn’t Do Auditions”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“When You Buy Me, You Are Buying a Ferrari”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

“I Learned All About Life At a Ball At My Feet”

Ronaldinho

“Our Confidence Comes From Our Preparation”

Pele

“Success Is No Accident”

Pele

If Your First, Your First, If You Are Second, You Are Nothing

Pele

“A Penalty Is a Cowardly Way To Score”

Pele

“That”s The Mentality, Don’t Just Play It, Win It”

Luis Suarez

“Life Is Like a Game of Soccer, You Need Goals”

Luis Suarez

“I Have a Very Strange Way of Playing Football”

Luis Suarez

“Maybe They Hate Me Because I’m Too Good”

Cristiano Ronaldo

“I Never Tried To Hide The Fact That My Only Goal Is To Be The Best”

Cristiano Ronaldo

“I Once Cried Because I Had No Shoes To Play Soccer, But One Day, I Met a Man Who Had No Feet”

Zinedine Zidane

“If You Are Not Sweating, You’re Not Working Hard Enough”

Alex Morgan

“You Can’t Score a Goal, If You Don’t Take a Shot”

Johan Cruyff

“I Motivate Myself By The Desire To Win Trophies”

Robert Lewandowski

“If I Have To Make a Tackle, I’ve already Made a Mistake”

Maldini

“It’s Very Hard To Find a Defender Who Is Strong & Good With The Ball, Very Hard”

Maldini

“You Don’t Have To Be Captain To Have An Opinion”

John Terry

“Too See The Ball, To Run After It, Makes Me The Happiest Man In The World”

Diego Maradona

“Even If There Was a Hand, It Was The Hand Of God”

Diego Maradona

“I Am Maradona, Who Makes Goals. I Can Take It All, I Have Shoulders Big Enough To Fight With Everybody”

Diego Maradona

“I Have Two Speeds. Fast & Faster. I Don’t Just Run. I Take It”

Arjen Robben

“There’s Always So Much To Improve, No Matter Your Age”

Arjen Robben

“Anyone Who Sacrifices His Dreams To Reality Is Forever Beaten”

Arjen Robben

“Messi Is On Another Planet”

Arjen Robben

“Football Is My Life, I Love It”

Franck Ribery

“You Have To Give It Your All To Be Successful”

Bastian Schweinsteiger

“You Have An Advantage In Life When You Start Where Others Talk First”

Toni Kroos

“If You Want, You Can Overcome All: Pressure, Expectations, Gravity”

Mesut Özil

“You Score Goals As a Kid. Then You Grow Up Stupid & Becomes a Goalkeeper”

Gianluigi Buffon

“I Swapped My T-Shirt With Mbappe Because When I Was Young Nobody Wanted To Do That With Me & I Hate It”

Gianluigi Buffon

“If You Don’t Like The Way We Play, Then Turn Off The TV”

Sergio Ramos

“Nothing Fills Me More Than The Feeling Of Having Given Everything”

Sergio Ramos

“If You Don’t Live, Eat, Breathe, Football, Then You’re Not a True Football Player. You Just Wear The Jersey”

Sergio Ramos

“When We Win, We All Win Together, And When We Lose It Is The Same”

Sergio Ramos

“Being a Defender of Real Madrid Means Being Able To Make Very Few Mistakes”

Raphael Varane

“If You Want To Be Talking About Scoring Goals, You Should Judge Every Midfielder The Same Way”

Paul Pogba

“Believe In Yourself & Success Will Happen. Trust Me”

Marcus Rashford

“I Came To Barcelona As a Boy & Leave With a Family”

Puyol

“The Power Which Football Has Is Enormous. Football Moves The Masses”

Puyol

“For Me To Be Able To Play Football Was a Gift”

Puyol

“If You Win Without Sacrifice You Enjoy It But It’s More Satisfying When You Have Struggled”

Puyol

“You Can Overcome Anything. If And Only If You Love Something Enough”

Lionel Messi

“Football Was Always My Dream. I Started Playing At The Age Of Five, And I’m Still Playing Now”

Sadio Mane

“Football Is Played With The Head. Your Legs Are Just The Tools”

Andreo Pirlo

“Don’t Practice Until You Get It Right, Practice Until You Can’t Get It Wrong”

Andreo Pirlo

“After The Wheel, The Playstation Is The Best Invention of All Time”

Andreo Pirlo

“If You Want To Breathe As Much As You Want To Be Successful, Then You Will Succeed”

Xavi

“There Are Two Types Of Football – There’s Physical Football & Football Talent

Xavi

“Iniesta Is Easily Spains Most Complete Player, He Has Everything”

Xavi

“I’d Love To Be Faster. Physically I’m Limited, But I’ve Survived By Using My Head”

Xavi

“Football Is a Simple Game, 22 Men Chase a Ball For 90 Minutes & At The End, The Germans Win”

Gary Lineker

“There Is No Recipe Or Formula For Success”

Kaka

“If I Ever Wear a Chelsea Shirt, You Have The Permission To Kill Me”

Cesc Fabregas

“Hard Work Doesn’t Guarantee Success, But No Work Guarantees Failure”

Cesc Fabregas

“It’s No Shame To Fall Down, But It’s a Shame To Just Stay Down”

Miroslav Klose

“I Eat Football. I Sleep Football. I Breathe Football. I’m Not Mad Just Passionate”

Thierry Henry

“Sometimes In Football, You Have To Score Goals”

Thierry Henry

“Don’t Try To Beat The Goalkeeper, Try To Destroy The Goalkeeper”

Steven Gerrard

“The Name In The Front Is More Important Than The Name In The Back”

Steven Gerrard

“A Part of Arsenal Died When I Left Arsenal”

Lord Bendtner

“When Cristiano Ronaldo Gets The Ball, You Can Just Leave Him To It While He Beats Player After Player”

Ryan Giggs

“If You Go Down For What Other Say You Will Never Reach Your Targets, So Ignore The Sayings & Follow The Legends”

Kylian Mbappe

Hard Work Eliminates Fear. That’s How I Think”

Romelu Lukaku

“Form Is Temporary, Class Is Permanent”

Alexis Sanchez

“Word Hard To Get Good, Then Work Harder To Get Better”

Sergio Aguero

“It’s Not The Strong That Wins, The One That Wins Is Strong”

Franz Beckenbauer

“Football Is a Magical Game”

David Beckham

“I Have Always Believed That If You Want To Achieve Anything In Life You Have To Work, Work, And Then Work Some More”

David Beckham

“It’s Not About The Name On The Back of The Jersey, It’s About The Badge On The Front”

David Beckham

“Success Begins With a State of Mind. If You Want Success, Start Thinking of Yourself As a Success

David Beckham