#soccer

I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe. ↗

— Hope Solo

#europe #felt #game #headaches #i

My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach. ↗

— Hope Solo

#around #coach #daddy #father #first

You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there's only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. ↗

— Emanuel Steward

#boxing #fellows #fight #fighters #floyd

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

— Gay Talese

#group #i #i am #little #soccer

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#american-born #background #gave #many #me

I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere. ↗

— Hope Solo

#city #coaches #europe #everywhere #experience

...I've spent the last fifteen years of my life railing against the game of soccer, an exercise that has been lauded as "the sport of the future" since 1977. Thankfully, that future dystopia has never come. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#future #humor #soccer #sports #humor

Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football (soccer). ↗

— Albert Camus

#men

When I meet a European, the first thing I say is, “I’d much rather watch football than football.” But I’m just teasing them, and they know I’d really rather watch football than football. 
 ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#europe #european #football #soccer #absurd

After getting glasses and contacts it was kind of a wow moment that I could definitely see better and on the soccer field it really helped me. ↗

— Heather O'Reilly

#better #contacts #could #definitely #field