Quotes About Sports

I love playing for Ireland, and I love soccer, but when it comes down to it, I would choose boxing as my number one sport, as I'd miss it too much if I wasn't involved.

I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.

At six years old, our son had friends who played soccer from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M., Monday through Friday. A six-year-old practicing as much as a Division I athlete.

I grew up playing soccer with the boys - quite far from reading magazines.

I thought I was a pretty decent soccer player. I'm not.

In soccer, female athletes across the world wear shoes that are not meant for us, our feet, or our game.

I envied kids who played soccer and football, but that was not my gig.

I just want to play well, have the people in Chicago enjoy watching soccer. You have a very good baseball team, a very good ice hockey team, and a very good football team. Hopefully you'll have a very good soccer team.

I'm enormously proud that I can do a deal with the National Women's Soccer League to showcase the power and passion of women athletes as positive role models, not only for my daughter but also for my son.

I think soccer in America is growing exponentially, and it's just going to keep getting bigger.

I started playing soccer when I was 4 because my sister was doing it. It was my first organized sport, and my parents thought this was a great way to get coordinated and be part of a team. I had an array of options but eventually figured out soccer was best for me.

When I was growing up, you couldn't watch soccer on TV. But now, you can get it on every channel, every hour of the day, every day, literally.

For the average person walking down the street, they don't even know a women's soccer league exists in this country.

I have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice.

I liked soccer. I played it for two years.

For professional athletes, I always think about it in these terms: the most difficult diva of women's soccer would be the easiest NBA player ever.

It's definitely one of my biggest passions - I played every day after school with all my friends from high school in Pennsylvania. They weren't really soccer players, so we would play basketball all the time.

I get bored with working out, so I'm more into playing sports like soccer and basketball.

I'm a little embarrassed to say I'm a little bit of a soccer dad.

My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.

I've been going to soccer games since I was a kid. For me, soccer brought people together. You didn't need money to do it. You needed one ball and your friends. That's what's so amazing about the game and why it's so global.

Pro wrestling is a different animal than pro football and pro soccer. There is going to be a lot of money going out before the bulk of the money can come back in.

I think that soccer is one thing, and money is another thing.

Sometimes women's soccer can be political.