Soccer Passion Quotes

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

City came in strongly for me, put their cards on the table, and what I have found out since is that every game in England is a privilege - the atmosphere, the fans, the interest that surrounds it. Every time I go out on the pitch, I know I've made the right decision.

Soccer is one of the most unifying activities amongst us.

Soccer is what I grew up doing - it's my passion, and I'm way more comfortable on the field in my soccer cleats.

On the European nights, the corporate fans from overseas can't get tickets. It's mainly local fans. That's why the atmosphere is so great and the passion is so strong.

Growing up in New Orleans, I was always the only black kid, or one of two, on the school soccer team. While I was always conscious of this status, what took precedent was my unfettered love of the game.

I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.

I love to have the ball. That's why I play soccer, and we have a great coach who has this kind of view, he sees everything, and I just want to help as much as I can, on the pitch and off the pitch.

Never been crazy enough about soccer to say, 'I'm a Madrid fan until death.'

When the U.S. team went on its historic run to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002, I was thirteen years old. Each game in that run - the astonishing victory against Portugal, the resilient win over Mexico, even the gutsy but unlucky effort against the Germans - propelled me to push my other athletic interests aside and focus only on soccer.

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

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

The people of Cleveland hate soccer. But it's my favourite thing and I follow the U.S. men's national team around when they play whenever I can.

I didn't know there was such a thing as professional soccer, but I knew that Brazil had a women's team that competed against other countries, and I wanted to be on that team.

Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.

Liga MX is a great environment, the fans are very enthusiastic.

I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You're going to look back 20 years from now and of course you're going to remember the games. But I'm going to remember seeing my family in the stands.

I wasn't really interested in girls. Only football. I was just enjoying football all the time. There was a five-a-side next to the flat, and I used to play there all the time. It was all about football. I wanted to be a professional. That was my goal. I didn't want to be anything other than a footballer.

In Spain, they go to the stadium and treat it like going to the theatre. In England, they go to support their team, to scream and shout, and do everything they can. I love that.

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

Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.

The FA Cup means a lot. There is a real passion here for the competition which you don't get elsewhere. It's a love affair. It's part and parcel of living up here. People might think I'm daft, but I'm not wrong; I'd rather win the Cup than the League.

I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest.

I'm a Napoli player and I'll give 100 percent to win something with this shirt.

If you saw me as a footballer, when I played, I always showed a great passion. You saw Antonio Conte during the game showing passion.