Quotes About Soccer

I want to win the Champions League first. If I can win the Ballon d'Or, okay, but my objective is to win the Champions League first.

The Ballon d'Or is one of my objectives, but it will be complicated so long as Ronaldo and Messi are around.

First and foremost my obligation is on the defensive side. But obviously there are times when I need to go and attack, too.

I have been at Leicester since I was 12 and to play for England at the King Power is obviously going to be my dream.

There ain't enough happens in soccer. It's like watching twenty-two hair models kick a ball around for what seems like six months and then one of them falls over and the ball goes in the goal.

At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance, which comes from longer distance running, and your speed, which comes from sprint-based workouts.

ESPN has announced that they are launching a 3-D sports network. Industry analysts say this will absolutely revolutionize the way Americans don't watch soccer.

Manchester City seems to have unlimited spending restraint and are attempting to have all-star quality at each position - two deep. That will be hard to beat.

In France, the matches are sometimes very tight, and so it is difficult to score. A free kick can unlock a game.

We know Messi is the best in the world. That means he is unpredictable, so you have to keep focused.

I don't see too many differences between Serie A and the Premier League. Both are unpredictable leagues, where anything can happen.

Neymar is an unpredictable player. When defending when you have anticipated something, he has already thought of something else and it's impossible to defend.

I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.

Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.

I've got an England shirt hung up in my house from when I was an unused sub against Denmark. I cherish that.

You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the world because frankly, in terms of my soccer, it doesn't matter.

I am an emotional person, and soccer is sheer emotion. For me, it is the best way to unwind.

I knew that, to be the best right-back in the world, I had to improve my fitness so I could run up and down constantly for 90 minutes.

Kieran Tierney is a lot like Ashley Cole in the way that he bombs up and down the flanks and that he is also so physically strong. He plays every game as well. He is not the tallest but he is a fighter and he is strong. He crosses, gets back and defends. He is a very good player.

I have butt muscles, thigh muscles, and then my upper body is super skinny - except for in my shoulders, which you need for a little bit of strength to hold other players off the ball. So I think I've developed muscles 100 per cent from just shooting the ball and running. Every single thing about my body looks like soccer.

They used to have selection days for all the local kids and I went to these trials three times and got turned down every time. On the third time I was so upset because I thought I was not good enough. I was eight years old and I had the feeling, 'That's it, I don't want to play for Ajax any more!'

But I think the upside is hopefully people are slightly scared of Roy Kent.

After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.

I made my England debut against Japan in 2013. Hope Powell, our manager at the time, always demanded the best. She had quite a stern approach... She'd look at you over her glasses sometimes.