Football Quotes

Arsenalkid700

<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">I was just going through articles on league structures and while I was reading an article on the SPL to MLS I read a comment and this is amazing to me...</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">What a league should be (theoretically)....</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">"Only place teams in strong markets that can support them. Share TV money among only those teams equally. Limit player spending to give all the teams a chance."</font></div>

rudra

<b>"We used to have just football. Now there is a new game. It's called democracy, and some people think the rules include throwing stones at policemen." </b><br><br>- A cynical Basque Nationalist fan of Athletic Bilbao in 1977. <br><br>Source : http://inbedwithmaradona.com/retro/2012/7/4/the-history-of-athletic-bilbao-1898-1936.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter<br><br>P.S. Not really a quote about football, but related to football<br>

Arsenalkid700

rudra wrote: »

<b>"We used to have just football. Now there is a new game. It's called democracy, and some people think the rules include throwing stones at policemen." </b><br><br>- A cynical Basque Nationalist fan of Athletic Bilbao in 1977. <br><br>Source : http://inbedwithmaradona.com/retro/2012/7/4/the-history-of-athletic-bilbao-1898-1936.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter<br><br>P.S. Not really a quote about football, but related to football<br>

 <div><br></div><div>"<b style="font-size: 10pt; ">and some people think the rules include throwing stones at policemen."</b></div><div><b style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></b></div><div>So true today.</div>

silicon3

" When I watch the I-League on TV, I feel like changing the channel. The
referee blows the whistle every one minute. Two players jump for the
ball and the whistle goes off,".....Baichung Bhutia..<br><br>how very very true....<br>

rudra

<span id="divAdnetKeyword"><b>"There is a time to play long and a time to play short ball. We will play the right ball"</b> - Desmond Bulpin<br><br></span>Certainly one of the best quotes, I totally support.<br><span id="divAdnetKeyword"><br>http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/08/07/3291582/shillong-lajongs-desmond-bulpin-i-want-my-team-to-play-the-right-?source=breakingnews<br></span>;

Arsenalkid700

Quotes from probably the greatest manager that has ever lived. Better than Wenger, better than Pep, better than Jose, better than Sir Alex...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2205968/Brian-Clough--best-quotes-anniversary-death.html

rudra

"If you want to be successful at anything you need 100% devotion, personal sacrifice, and a burning drive to push yourself into places others wouldn't even contemplate.
What a simple formula!!"

- Arthur Papas

Joyptan

"KOLKATA GIVES YOU AN IDENTITY AS A FOOTBALLER" - MANANDEEP SINGH

indian_gooner

i like arsenal, u like arsenal or arsenal with trophies #dennis bergkamp

thebeautifulgame

'A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.' 
-Vince Lombardi. There are many famous quotes by Lombardi, but i found this particularly relevant in the Indian context.