“Some people think football [soccer]is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.” --Bill Shankly
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“Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.” --Gary Lineker
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“We must have had 99 percent of the game. it was the other three percent that cost us the match.” --Ruud Gullit
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“I learned all about life with a ball at my feet” --Ronaldinho
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“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” --Pelé
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“Becoming a footballer is only the first half of the silent prayer a kid offers up to the sky or confides to his teacher in a primary school essay. The second part is the name of the team he wants to play for.” --Andrea Pirlo
“The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.” --Josef “Sepp” Herberger
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“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” --Lionel Messi
“When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.” --Diego Maradona
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“Every time I went away I was deceiving my mom. 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
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