"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."
— Bill Shankly
"I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve."
— Cristiano Ronaldo
"In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team."
— Jean-Paul Sartre
"The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, everything else is just theory."
— Sepp Herberger
"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it."
— Lionel Messi
"I learned all about life with a ball at my feet."
— Ronaldinho
"The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning."
— Pelé
"Every disadvantage has its advantage."
— Johan Cruyff
"If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later."
— Bob Paisley
"They think it's all over... it is now!"
— Kenneth Wolstenholme, 1966 World Cup Final
"AGUEROOOO! I swear you will never see anything like this ever again!"
— Martin Tyler, 2012
"Football is the ballet of the masses."
— Dmitri Shostakovich