#soccer

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#american #american football #because #english #english football

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important. ↗

— Bill Shankly

#except #football #important #life #life and death

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#i #rock #rock star #soccer #star

He slipped his hands around my waist and pulled me against him, tossing the ice cream cone over his shoulder. It landed with a splat on the sidewalk. "So does that mean I have a varsity girlfriend?" I giggled like a total girl and linked my hands behind his neck. "Yeah I guess it does." "Sweet." Then he bent his head, and I stood up on my tiptoes and we met in the middle. And it was perfect. ↗

— Stephie Davis

#graham #love #soccer #trisha #love

And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol is born. He is born in a straw crib in a tin-roofed shack and he enters the world clinging to a ball. ↗

— Eduardo Hughes Galeano

#idol #inspiration #soccer #inspirational

Soccer is a magical game. ↗

— David Beckham

#magical #soccer

I didn't want really to be involved in a normal soccer club. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#i #involved #normal #really #soccer

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

— Thomas Dooley

#breathe #different #drink #eat #europe

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. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#decided #experience #got #highest #highest level

Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#like #other #plus #soccer #social