Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.
Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.
It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
When you win, you don't get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.
Football is the ballet of the masses.
In football, everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.
The goalkeeper is the jewel in the crown and getting at him should be almost impossible. It's the biggest sin in football to make him do any work.
Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.
Every disadvantage has its advantage.
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
I learned all about life with a ball at my feet.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
Football is the universal language.
Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.