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SOCCER QUOTES
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"Football is love and passion-like that for a woman. Those who live this sport-whether as fans or players, club officials or referees, managers or groundskeepers-end up hopelessly in love."
~Gianluca Vialli in his book "The Italian Job: A Journey To The Heart of Two Great Footballing Cultures" (co-authored with Italian journalist Gabriele Marcotti)
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“Football. Bloody hell!”
~Sir Alex Ferguson in the aftermath of Manchester United's dramatic 2-1 UEFA Champions League win over Bayern Munich in 1999
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"In Italy, 90 per cent of people are crazy about football. The other 10 per cent say they are not interested.....and then you see that they too like to sneak a look at the sports papers, just to check the results."
~Journalist and writer Paddy Agnew quotes Paolo Rossi in his book "Forza Italia:The Rise And Fall of Italian Football"
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"On the flight, Rafa sat next to Gerard(Houllier), who introduced him to my mum. She was flying out for England's game against Croatia on the Sunday. Rafa shook Mum's hand and said,"Does Steven like money?" First question!"
~Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard on his current club manager Rafael Benitez in his book "My Autobiography”
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"Un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios”(A little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God)."
~Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona on his (in)famous “Hand of God” goal
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