Soccer Motivation Quotes:

The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

- Mia Hamm

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

Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.

- Pele

topic: Soccer, Kids, Responsibility, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Soccer

Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.

- Bobby Charlton

source: 1960 Quoted in Peter Ball and Phil Shaw The Book of Football Quotations (1989).

topic: Soccer, Player, People, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona.

- Diego Maradona

topic: Soccer, Hands, Goal, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my specialty, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty ; like I did with Barcelona. And here, there's every reason to think I can do it.

- Ronaldo

topic: Soccer, Thinking, Goal, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Journey To Success

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

- Vince Lombardi

source: Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inspirational Football, Softball Team

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

- Michael Jordan

source: "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

topic: Motivational, Change, Basketball, Favorite Sports, Young Entrepreneurs

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

- Bo Jackson

source: Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Football Coach

The rules of soccer are very simple: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does,

- Phil Woosnam

topic: Soccer, Moving, Simple, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Motivational, Sports, Team, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Soccer

Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.

- Ronaldo

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

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Inspiring, Soccer, Volleyball, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Soccer

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.

- Phil Abraham

topic: Soccer, Moving, Simple, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Soccer

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

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

- Arrigo Sacchi

topic: Sports, Horse, Jockeys, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Soccer

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

- Pele

topic: Athlete, Winning, Victory, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

- Pele

topic: Inspirational, Guitar, Enthusiasm, Vibrate, Motivational Soccer

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

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer, Inspirational Soccer, Olympic Games

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

- Mike Ditka

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Baseball Games, Inspirational History

When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.

- Jose Mourinho

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

The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

- Mia Hamm

source: Mia Hamm, Aaron Heifetz (2013). “Go For The Goal: A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life”, p.23, Harper Collins

topic: Team, Champion, Individual, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Soccer

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Soccer, Teamwork, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Soccer, Individual Performance

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

- Arnold Palmer

source: FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Adversity, Inspirational Soccer, Inspirational Athlete

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

source: "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

- Jean-Paul Sartre

topic: Soccer, Football, Team, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Soccer

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

- Pele

topic: Motivational, Success, Soccer, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Soccer

All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.

- Raul Lopez

topic: Football, Mistake, Athlete, Motivational Soccer, Good Athlete

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

- Dean Smith

topic: Inspiring, Basketball, Sports, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball.

- Nelson Rodrigues

topic: Football, Balls, Blindness, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Soccer

I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.

- Roy Keane

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

topic: Soccer, Football, Children, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Football

Football is the ballet of the masses.

- Dmitri Shostakovich

topic: Football, Ballet, Mass, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Football

International football is the continuation of war by other means.

- George Orwell

topic: Football, War, Mean, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Soccer

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

- Lionel Messi

topic: Dream, Hard Work, Fighting, Motivational Soccer, Reach For Your Dreams

Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. There is no pressure in football

- Jose Mourinho

topic: Football, People, Trying, No Pressure, Soccer Football

To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.

- Jose Mourinho

topic: Soccer, Team, Winning, Inspirational Soccer, Great Soccer

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Determination, Best Coaches, Great Sports

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

- Alan Shearer

topic: Sports, Football, Winning, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

Football's a difficult business and aren't they prima donnas. But it's a wonderful game.

- Queen Elizabeth II

topic: Soccer, Football, Games, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.

- Jose Mourinho

topic: Beautiful, Soccer, Stars, Facility, Motivational Soccer

In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.

- Eduardo Galeano

topic: Soccer, Team, Party, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Soccer

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

- George Best

source: "George Best dies, aged 59" by Mark Oliver, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2005.

topic: Soccer, World, Salute, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.

- Cristiano Ronaldo

topic: Soccer, Dream, Inspirational Sports, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Soccer

Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Softball, Sports, Motivation, Inspirational Soccer, Soccer Player

If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim.

- Berti Vogts

topic: Soccer, Water, Swim, Motivational Soccer, Accusers