English Football Quotes

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

  Alan Shearer

  Fútbol,Inspiración, Motivación

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• Las personas que trabajan juntas ganan, ya sea contra complejas defensas de fútbol o contra los problemas de la sociedad moderna.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivación, Trabajo en equipo, Fútbol

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

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Fútbol, Juegos

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• The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

  Pele

  Inspirational, Football, Leader

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• No podía establecerme en Italia, era como vivir en un país extranjero.

  Ian Rush

  Divertido, Fútbol

  'It Was Like Living in a Foreign Country' by Lee Honeyball, www.theguardian.com. February 06, 2005.

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• English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant.

  Kevin Keegan

  Football, Player, Way

  "The Saturday interview: Kevin Keegan" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2011.

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• There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.

  Gary Neville

  Football, Running, Growing

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• Algunos me dicen que los jugadores profesionales somos esclavos del fútbol. Pues si esto es esclavitud, que me condenen a cadena perpetua.

  Bobby Charlton

  Fútbol, Deportes

  1960 Citado en Peter Ball y Phil Shaw The Book of Football Quotations (1989).

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• In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

  Alex Ferguson

  Fútbol, Real, Jugador

  "Smoking Barthez ignores Ferguson" by David Barnes, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2001.

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• Cuando voy a la rueda de prensa antes del partido, en mi mente el partido ya ha empezado...

  José Mourinho

  Motivación, Fútbol, Juegos

  "Mira, escucha y aprende", por Simon Garfield, www.theguardian.com. 12 de mayo de 2007.

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• I'm sure sex wouldn't be so rewarding as this World Cup. It's not that sex isn't good but the World Cup is every four years and sex is not.

  Ronaldo

  Soccer, Sex, Years

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• Creo que tengo mucho que aprender del fútbol inglés y estoy completamente abierto a recibir buenas influencias en mi forma de pensar. Pero también tengo cosas que darles.

  José Mourinho

  Fútbol, Pensar, Dar

  "Mira, escucha y aprende", por Simon Garfield, www.theguardian.com. 12 de mayo de 2007.

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• However good an English team is, they will always have an additional advantage. It is that European players know that their English opponents will come at them in the belief they will win, and they can always be guaranteed never to stop fighting. They have a natural aggression that they are born with. If it ever goes, English football will lose its most valuable dimension.

  Johan Cruijff

  Fútbol, Equipo

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• You see how Spanish, Italians, Portuguese play football. I don't say they are perfect, I say English football has a few things to learn from them in the same way they have a lot of things to learn from English football.

  José Mourinho

  Football, Play, Perfect

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• What United have got that Chelsea haven't is Paul Scholes. I think he is different to anything else in English football.

  Kevin Keegan

  Football, Thinking, Different

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• Cuando estoy en la ciudad los domingos, a veces voy al Central Bar del East Village a ver el fútbol inglés. Pero mi inclinación natural ahora es meterme en el coche con mi mujer y mis hijos y salir de la ciudad.

  Joe Scarborough

  Fútbol, Niños, Domingo

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• If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play.

  Rio Ferdinand

  Football, Play, Ideas

  "This time it's for Rio" by Paul Wilson, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2006.

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• Los presidentes de las mayores empresas del mundo pueden cancelar una cita o trasladar una reunión del consejo; un entrenador no puede cambiar la fecha de un partido. En los 42 años que llevan juntos Sir Alex Ferguson y Arsene Wenger en el fútbol inglés, sólo recuerdo una ocasión en la que Sir Alex no asistiera a un partido del Manchester United.

  Howard Wilkinson

  Fútbol, Mudanza, Años

  "Howard Wilkinson's LMA survey reveals depth of managers' dedication" por Louise Taylor, www.theguardian.com. 20 de noviembre de 2012.

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• Dirigir a mi equipo en la casa del fútbol inglés fue el momento de mayor orgullo de mi carrera. Nunca, jamás soñé que eso ocurriría.

  Casey Stoney

  Fútbol, Equipo, Inicio

  "Casey Stoney: El defensa inglés habla de Messi, Ronaldo y el Arsenal". Entrevista de la BBC, www.bbc.com. 8 de marzo de 2016.

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• I have come to know well that fates are fickle in the business of English football. And I feel that I have pushed mine well past the limit.

  Randy Lerner

  Football, Fate, Past

  "Paul Lambert to have crisis talks with Aston Villa owner, Randy Lerner" by Stuart James, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2014.

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• Winning the Championship is like taking a 26-year ball and chain from around our legs. Now we can go forward, and hopefully dominate English football for the next 10 years, like Liverpool did.

  Bryan Robson

  Fútbol, Fútbol, Ganar

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• Is this good for English football? In the short run, Chelsea's rise has broken up what was turning into an irritating Arsenal-Manchester United duopoly. But football leagues (look at Scotland, look at Spain) can get along OK with duopolies. A monopoly, however, is a disaster. Everyone else in the Premiership has to operate on some kind of business footing, and the terror stalking Highbury and Old Trafford is that Chelsea will be immune from financial discipline forever.

  Matthew Engel

  Soccer, Football, Running

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• Yo jugaba al fútbol inglés - soccer - en vez de al americano, porque no podíamos permitirnos el equipo.

  Wally Schirra

  Soccer, Football, Equipment

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• Estoy encantado de estar aquí, en el Arsenal, y de formar parte de uno de los grandes equipos del fútbol inglés. Es una enorme satisfacción unirme a este gran club y ha sido un sueño desde que era joven jugar en la Premier League. Me atrajo la filosofía del fútbol y el "toque" de Arsène Wenger en este club. Siempre he admirado al Arsenal por su gran historia y reputación, y ahora espero conseguir grandes cosas aquí. Estoy muy orgulloso de ser un Gunner y daré lo mejor de mí para todos los aficionados del Arsenal.

  Olivier Giroud

  Fútbol, Sueño, Filosofía

  "El Arsenal completa el fichaje de Olivier Giroud procedente del Montpellier", www.theguardian.com. 26 de junio de 2012.

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• In my first season I was learning about English football in a new team. I scored 13 which isn't bad, but I think I can do better.

  Luis Garcia

  Football, Team, Thinking

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