The best Quotes by Pelé

Football lost one of its greatest of all times today - and I lost a very special friend. Football will forever be yours. Rest in peace.

January 2024

Franz Beckenbauer

I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.

Brazil

Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football.

Quotes about Football/Soccer Brazil

If you don't give education to people, it is easy to manipulate them.

Education

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.

Success Motivation

I am constantly being asked about individuals. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about one or two or three star players.

Quotes about Football/Soccer Teams

Everything is practice.

Training

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

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Real Madrid is a legendary team that stands above all the others and is the target of all the players.

Franz Beckenbauer

Real Madrid

I haven't seen any slaves in Qatar yet. They're all walking around freely, without chains.

Franz Beckenbauer - November 2013

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar

You can be sure that, in four years, you will see Brazil much better than when I received it.

Lula da Silva - February 2023

Brazil

In Brazil, a poor man goes to jail when he steals. When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister.

Lula da Silva

Brazil

The Argentina fans treat Messi like a god. The Portugal fans treat CR7 like a king. Brazil Fans encourage Ney to break his leg. The biggest mistake in Ney's career is being born in Brazil, this country does not deserve his talent.

Raphinha - November 2022

Neymar Brazil

In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.

Diego Costa

Brazil Father & Son

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

Nick Hornby in Fever Pitch

Quotes about Football/Soccer Falling in love

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

Sepp Blatter

Quotes about Football/Soccer FIFA Association

Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.

Sepp Blatter

Quotes about Football/Soccer

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent.

Johan Cruyff

Quotes about Football/Soccer

Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.

Usher

Education

It's wrong to think that an educational system could work without conveying values!

Roman Herzog

Education

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

Usher

Success

The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

Christian McCaffrey

Success

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Courage Motivation

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Elijah Mikaelson in The Originals - Season 1 Episode 8

Breakup Beginning Motivation

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Teams

You said we're a team.
One person struggles, we all struggle.
One person triumphs, we all triumph.

Jason Lyle in Coach Carter

Teams

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

Muhammad Ali

Ambition Training

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

Herschel Walker

Training

I don't think about money when I make these kinds of decisions. I play for the love of the game. I loved the feeling I got from Real Madrid.

Jude Bellingham - June 2023

Real Madrid

I think he's a really good talent, really promising talent. I think if you meet the boy as well, an excellent boy - very humble, he's got his feet firmly on the ground, which is the most important thing for a young player. And I think he's got the world at his feet as long as he can stay focussed.

Jude Bellingham - September 2020

Youssoufa Moukoko

I want to finish with dignity so in a good club. It doesn't mean that to go USA or Qatar or Dubai is not good but I don't see myself there.

Cristiano Ronaldo - November 2015

Dubai

We want to win this World Cup. The group is very strong. And I want to take this opportunity to stop the talking about me. Stop asking other players about me. You can ask them questions about the World Cup and their expectations.

Cristiano Ronaldo - November 2022

FIFA World Cup 2022

What am I supposed to say about that? I'm a goalkeeper.

Manuel Neuer (as player at Bayern Munich) - December 2019, about making use of goal opportunities at Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich

We know about the strength of the French players and are respectful. I think they feel the same way.

Manuel Neuer - June 2021, before Germany - France

Soccer European Championships 2020

I have dreamed of this. This is a historic night for this club and for me, this is my first European title. I will remember this for all my life.

Rafael Santos Borré - May 2022, about Eintracht Frankfurt winning the Europa League

Eintracht Frankfurt

We'll be waiting for him like a wife, waiting for her husband to be released from prison.

Jürgen Klopp (as coach for Borussia Dortmund) - about the hurt Mats Hummels

Borussia Dortmund

Ed Sheeran did what I haven't seen too often before: Make people smile when leaving the Schalke Arena.

Toni Kroos - July 2022

Ed Sheeran FC Schalke 04 Funny Football Quotes

If Barcelona was a German club, they'd be a case for a liquidator.

Uli Hoeneß - September 2021

FC Barcelona

Bayern Munich's crowning achievement came with a 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon. Kingsley Coman, a Parisian and former PSG prospect, scored early in the second half. Manuel Neuer, the brilliant goalkeeper, made sure the lead stood up.

(The Washington Post) - August 2020, about Bayern Munich winning the Champions League

Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich Champions League

The Real Madrid shirt is white. It can stain of mud, sweat and even of blood, but never of shame.

Santiago Bernabéu

Real Madrid

I felt like a child amongst all the established players. First of all I had to prove myself in training and earn respect and over several months show what I was capable of.

Florian Wirtz - July 2021

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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