"Football (soccer) Quotes" Personal Page by ncfg

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."
Bill Shankly, Scottish Soccer Player and Manager, 1913-1981)
October 24th, 1857 -The world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.

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"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, but he still only has one eye."
Johan Cruyff (1947); Dutch footballer and coach.
(On June 22, 1986, Diego Maradona scored FIFA's "Goal of the Century")

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"All I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football".
Albert Camus, (1913-1960), French author and philosopher

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"Some say in football only winning is important, but I think pleasing the crowd is also essential."
Jorge Alberto Valdano (1955), Argentinian football player.

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"A country will have reached the highest level of civility when football matches can take place without referees."
José Luis Coll (1931), Spanish humorist
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"Some people say soccer is a game of life and death
but it's much more important than that".
William Shankly, (1913-1981), Liverpool's manager

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"A soccer team is like a nice clock: if one piece is missing,
it's still beautiful, but it doesn't work the same"
Ruud Gullit (1962), Dutch soccer player.

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"Playing an opponent with no attacking attitude?
That's like making love to a tree."
Jorge Alberto Valdano (1955), Argentinian football player

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"The trouble with referees is that they know the rules,
but they do not know the game."
Bill Shankly (1913-1981), soccer manager