“At the weekends I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.” KnowsPlayRunningKidsNamesGardenSoccerWeekendTentsBarbecue Author:Magnus
“I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it.” TwoRunningSportsSpeedFasterSoccerFootballerFunny Sports Author:Arjen Robben
“I don't run straight at a constant pace; soccer is always a change of pace and movement.” RunningMovementConstantSoccerPace Author:Alex Morgan
“A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. ...being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play.” WayPlayRunningFootballFingersBest WayManagersSoccerPianoChairmanFootballerPianistPush Ups Author:Jose Mourinho
“The poor Geordies are in the process of being rebuffed by every sentient human being whose ambition in life is more than simply to pocket six million quid for having been a failure and run for the hills. They want beautiful, flowing football and tangible success, at St James' Park. Fine. I, meanwhile, want Jessica Alba and the Nobel prize for literature. I make my prospects slightly more realistic.” WantHumansRunningBeautifulLife IsLiteratureProcessHuman BeingsPoorMillionsFootballFineSixAmbitionHillsSoccerAnalysisParksPocketsPrizeRealisticTangibleNobelProspectsNobel PrizeJessicaLife Ambition Author:Rod Liddle
“Is this good for English football? In the short run, Chelsea's rise has broken up what was turning into an irritating Arsenal-Manchester United duopoly. But football leagues (look at Scotland, look at Spain) can get along OK with duopolies. A monopoly, however, is a disaster. Everyone else in the Premiership has to operate on some kind of business footing, and the terror stalking Highbury and Old Trafford is that Chelsea will be immune from financial discipline forever.” LooksKindRunningUnitedForeverFootballBrokenDisciplineFinancialTerrorDisasterSoccerAnalysisLeagueScotlandSpainMonopolyImmuneStalkingManchesterArsenalIrritatingChelseaManchester UnitedBroken UpEnglish FootballFinancial Discipline Author:Matthew Engel
“The fiesta of soccer, a feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, is much more than a big business run by overlords from Switzerland. The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it.” PeopleWorldWantPlayBigsEyeRunningSportsWatchesEmbraceLegsSoccerBig BusinessSwitzerlandPopular SportsFiesta Author:Eduardo Galeano