Quotes About Soccer

Starting games with the French national team helped me bounce back when it was getting difficult with Arsenal.

When I stated playing as a kid the centre-back would pass to me and I couldn't catch it.

Clean sheets is a misleading statistic. It gives you the platform to win a game but you can lead 5-0 and concede a goal.

It's really flattering to know that a club of Real Madrid's stature is interested in me.

With Neymar on the pitch, whether he wants it or not, eight opponents will stay connected to him.

It was always my dream to play for Real Madrid, and I'm going to go on living it because I'm staying.

The best players aren't going to America, they're staying in Europe and in fact they're coming to England.

Its Arsenal 0 - Everton 1, and the longer it stays like that the more you've got to fancy Everton.

I have already told Neymar he could be the best player in the world, but I think that if he stays at PSG, he will never achieve that.

When you're transitioning, and you're trying to develop a better brand of soccer, at some point, you have to step backward before you step forward.

I still remember the first time I stepped out on the pitch at the Bernabeu. It was a spectacular moment - from another world.

But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA.

I wanted to be a centre back but I was always stepping over the ball and playing one-twos.

Unlike me, Tim Taylor isn't burdened with thoughts about the cosmos. He thinks the Cosmos are a soccer team.

If I had killed myself I would not have experienced the fun of scoring those goals. I think it was wise not to do what I was planning.'" Soccer

It's no secret that I think that MLS is a top five, top six league in the world but they're not the top league.

I couldn't imagine playing in Ligue 1 and the France team. No-one could have seen it.

The Ballon d'Or nomination is a good achievement for Pogba.

I know that in Senegal, the fans and the media are demanding, and that is normal.

In North America, many fans know Cristiano Ronaldo's smirk and can recognize Didier Drogba in a commercial. Maybe they know too much for the good of M.L.S.

I've never had an idol, but I watched Ronaldinho and then players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi. They are so good, it's impossible not to notice them.

People used to say that I thought I was Gareth Bale, and that's not the case at all. I'm nowhere near that level. The guy has won so much - Leagues, Champions Leagues, scoring worldies in finals.

My objective is always to play for the national team. For me, it's the best feeling in the world to represent my country.

We need the ball even to defend; that's our objective: having the ball and having it as far as possible from our goal as possible.