Soccer quotes

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◆ I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

- Mia Hamm100

◆ Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

- Johan Cruijff99

◆ I played at the Sainte Maxime Beach Soccer Tournament, which was brilliant fun as usual.

- David Ginola99

◆ I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.

- Brandi Chastain99

◆ I love soccer; I want to be on the field.

- Brandi Chastain99

◆ My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.

- Brandi Chastain99

◆ Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.

- Brandi Chastain99

◆ To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.

- Brandi Chastain99

◆ After all these years, I'm finally into soccer. The World Cup is on, and my band is an international group - they're all around me, cheering in the hotel bars.

- Art Garfunkel99

◆ If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it.

- Lorrie Fair99

◆ Getting a chance to practice six months against my own teammates, who I consider the best soccer players in the world, there's no way I couldn't improve.

- Lorrie Fair99

◆ We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title.

- Eric Cantona99

◆ The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.

- Anson Dorrance99

◆ Everyone tells me that the Italian championship is the toughest in the world, but I'm not afraid. In my career, I've always scored goals, wherever I've been.

- Ronaldo99

◆ It's why we play the game. Anything is possible, anything can happen, and we proved that again tonight.

- Casey Korkus99