Soccer Fans Quotes:

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Soccer, Firsts, Soccer Player, Motivational Soccer, Liverpool Fans

In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Team, Two, Anfield, Team Player, Liverpool Fans

The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!

- Bill Shankly

topic: Queens, Differences, Mary, Liverpool Fc, Everton

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

- Johan Cruijff

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Soccer, Football, Player, Soccer Player, Liverpool Fans

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Soccer, Games, Trouble, Referee, Sports Football

Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Made, Liverpool Fans, Liverpool Fc, Liverpool Football Club, Football Clubs

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Soccer

Message to all rioters: put down your brick, put away the spray paint, and leave the cop cars alone; you're acting like soccer fans! It's embarrassing.

- Jim Rome

topic: Soccer, Car, Acting, Spray Paint, Soccer Fans

If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Soccer, Player, Gains, Soccer Player, Liverpool Fans

It's to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against. (on the 'This Anfield' plaque)

- Bill Shankly

topic: Football, Anfield, England, Liverpool Fans, Liverpool Fc

Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Football, Wife, Married, Liverpool Fans, Liverpool Fc

Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.

- Bill Shankly

topic: Missing, Roger, Hunts, Liverpool Fans, Liverpool Fc

I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.

- Clive Owen

topic: Soccer, Fans, Bigs, Liverpool Fans, Liverpool

I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.

- Landon Donovan

source: "Q&A: Landon Donovan Is America". Interview with Shawn Donnelly, www.esquire.com. August 02, 2012.

topic: Soccer, Sports, Thinking, Soccer Fans

As much as I am a huge soccer fan, music just kills it when it comes to importance. I could go to a desert island without a football and survive happily, but if I had to go without music, I think I'd end up killing myself. It fuels my soul. It always has.

- Joe Elliott

source: "Interview with Joe Elliott of Def Leppard on Music, Humor, and Contributing to the Arts". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Soccer, Football, Thinking, Killing Myself, Soccer Fans

I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa.

- Claudio Reyna

source: Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. March 27, 2006.

topic: Soccer, Strong, Team, Czech, Soccer Fans

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.

- Jason Statham

source: "Jason Statham Interview THE MECHANIC; Plus Updates on CRANK 3 and THE EXPENDABLES 2". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 24, 2011.

topic: Soccer, People, Fans, Soccer Fans