Carlos Vela Quotes

The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.

I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.

In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer.

Guys care about sports teams. I'm not talking about simply rooting; I'm talking about a relationship that guys develop, a commitment to a sport team that guys take way more seriously than, for example, wedding vows.

The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.

I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.

The Rush fans are pretty crazy everywhere, but they're particularly wild in South America.

I was not a Liverpool fan or a Chelsea fan in Madrid. I was an Atletico fan. I still am. Maybe they're the only badge I will kiss.

Every time I pull on a Madrid or Wales top, I run myself into the ground.

I've never met anyone who loves the Socceroos as much as me.

I got to know the world of football fans and their pride in it, how they would find a family away from home. Most of them came from broken families. It always had a bit of romance to me, when I went to the game with all these boys that would just die for each other.

I have been a Chelsea fan ever since I was a kid and I felt well there right until the last day.

We haven't won a Super Bowl in, I think, 50 years, so the Jets fans who are out there are die-hard Jets fans. It's like generational fandom.

Yes, I'm having World Cup withdrawals; but no, this is sneaky of me to say, but I actually care about Tottenham more than I care about the England team.

I was brought up to not like Man United.

I was a Pompey lass - I can't say I supported Pompey all the time.

I can't say I am a Liverpool fan. I don't have a club in England. I just want Klopp to win. If he was coach of another team, I would support them.

I'm an Eagles fan since I was young. I'm always going to stay loyal to my team.

When I was younger, soccer was my life. I always wanted to play.

When I came from Europe, I was told that Americans don't care about soccer and this and that. But the way people cared was beyond my wildest expectations. You can't manufacture that.

Borussia are my old love, and that will remain so, but I identify with Barca 100 percent, and on the pitch, there is only one club for me.

Chinese fans are just passionate about the game. The love they have is just insane.

I'm becoming more of a Jets fan, and 'Hard Knocks' has a lot to do with it. I like Rex Ryan. You know what? I'm going to give up the Cowboys. I'm now a Jets fan.

I always watch the national team games and am a big fan.

I loved LeBron when he was in Cleveland. Loved him in Miami. And loved him when he went back to Cleveland.