Quotes About Soccer

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.

I really believe what people have said before, that God is love. For me, it's music. For you, it might be writing, or for somebody else, it might be soccer or whatever.

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.

I wasn't a cheerleader in high school, but I was the leader of my soccer team.

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

I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd.

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.

I think, with soccer, you never really know what's going to happen in your career - that's the beauty of it.

If I can inspire kids to do what I do - want to become professional soccer players - then I think that that's everything I want to do.

I think - I hope - that we're going to be able to build something here with U.S. Soccer, where it's not just going to be about one lost match or one lost cycle or one lost team. It's going to be about an entire country rallying around an entire sport in a way that lasts.

I think soccer kept me off the street.

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.

Soccer may not explain the world or even contain the world. But it makes the world a slightly happier place.

I have a lot of guy friends, from martial arts and film, and soccer. I actually barely know women.

I only try to play good soccer.

I played one year of competitive basketball, actually. I don't remember what grade I was in, maybe middle school or something. I was the point guard - I was the smallest one always. I did my best; I thought I did pretty good. I was always a little bit better at soccer, so I had to make the decision.

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.

Without a doubt, it is easier to produce a defensive soccer team, because it does not need you to have talent for it but simply to be well organised.

I just want to be good at soccer and have a normal life; it is a little ironic that you can't have both.

For soccer, it was Diego Maradona, and then another idol for me was Michael Jordan. To see them play and how that they could impact the game was pretty special.