Quotes

  • "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 
  • "Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string." ~Pele 
  • "Everything is practice." ~Pele 
  • "I did it with the hand of reason." ~Diego Maradona "Hand of God" 
  • "I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through" ~Frank Lampard 
  • "One thing will not change ~ we will be going out to win". ~David Beckham
  • "I still look at myself and want to improve each day." ~David Beckham
  • I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. ~ Zinedine Zidane
  • We must not let ourselves get driven off course, no matter what happens we must stick to our natural game.  ~ Zinedine Zidane
  • I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream ~ Zinedine Zidane
  • Music was important. Football was the easy part. ~ Zinedine Zidane
  • It is not true that I have made any agreement with another club... ... I am totally focused on following my personal and collective goals at Real Madrid. ~Kaka
  • “The World Cup was a huge frustration because I had prepared really hard for it. But in the World Cup there is no formula, no recipe for success.”  ~Kaka
  • “I love to score goals after passing all the defenders as well as the keeper. This is not my speciality, but my habit.”  ~Ronaldo 
  • “I don't consider myself as the best player in the world. I'm not obsessed with individual titles. I'm much more interested in being part of a team which wins trophies.”  ~Ronaldo 
  • “It will take time for us all to understand what has happened to us, but it is a joy to be surrounded by such happiness.”  ~Ronaldo 
  • “I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am ready to take them.”  ~Ronaldo 
  • “I am very ambitious. I want to enjoy this and then really go for it.”  ~Ronaldo 
  • "We lost because we didn't win."  ~Ronaldo 
  • "The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck." ~ Cristiano Ronaldo
  • "I am living a dream I never want to wake up from."   ~ Cristiano Ronaldo
  • "Your love makes me strong, your hate makes me unstoppable."   ~ Cristiano Ronaldo
  • "It gives me the happiest feeling in the World. I just love scoring and It doesn't matter if it's a simple goal from close range, a long shot or a dribble around several players, I just love to score all kind of goals."   ~ Cristiano Ronaldo
  • "My free-kick secret? I just look at the net and say 'Take the kick, Cristiano.'"   ~ Cristiano Ronaldo
  • "I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my conviction that there are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age."   ~ Cristiano Ronaldo
  • "This one is very special because I want to share this with my friend and teammate Xavi. He deserves it" ~ Lionel Messi
  • "It's crazy to say that after three games [without a goal] I was in crisis. I do not care whether I score or not, what matters is that the team win and continue to do so".   ~ Lionel Messi
  • "They always complicate things. They are a great team, very organised when pressuring and always play well. These are three very important points".   ~ Lionel Messi
  • "I still say if the ball is there to be won I will go for it, whether with my head or whatever, and if it means us scoring or stopping a goal, I won't think twice. ~John Terry
  • Games are not so bad because the adrenalin keeps you going, but training on a daily basis when every time you move it hurts, that is a real battle. ~John Terry
  • I don't envisage I will be captain again, but for two England managers, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, I was their first choice and I'm proud of that. ~John Terry
  • No, I love it at Chelsea. I've been here since I was 14, and I'm 28 now. All my friends are here, so I'm going to stay for ever unless Chelsea tell me I've got to go, which maybe one day they will, but for now I'm definitely staying. ~John Terry
  • “It has been good to see the fans cheering us on -- it gives us that extra lift,”  ~John Terry
  • “He's been a different class since he's been here. It was going to be difficult but he's fitted in with everyone and has been outstanding on the pitch.”  ~John Terry
  • “Often it feels like we are at a home match when we have so many fans there. The singing, the cheering helps the players.”  ~John Terry
  • “He is a fantastic player -- he scored a great goal the other night and is going to be a threat. I hope, having played against him a couple of times, I'll know a bit about him and be able to stop him.”  ~John Terry
  • “We got a bit of a telling off at halftime. We came out and we were much, much better in the second half.”  ~John Terry