Football quotes and aphorisms

Football is a great game that a lot of people watch and love. Millions of fans around the world with a sinking heart are waiting for the game of their favorite teams and cheering for them. But for many, football is not just a game, but a whole philosophy. The tactics of the game, the correct approach of the coach, the relations of the players, the physics of hitting the ball - all this has been taking people's minds for centuries. In the article we will consider the best football quotes and try to penetrate into their deeper meaning.

A brief history of football

But first, we’ll take a short excursion into the history of the most popular ball game.

A game with the unusual name "Kemari", vaguely reminiscent of football, appeared in Japan in the seventh century. Today, the rules of this game or the number of players are not known for certain, however, it’s the Japanese kemari and the Chinese game tsuju, which originated in the second century AD, that are considered the distant ancestors of modern football.

However, only after thousands of years, football reached the borders of Europe, namely the islands of Great Britain, and began to take on its current form. The first official match took place in Scotland in 1872. Not a single goal was scored in it.

In 1904, the famous FIFA football association was formed. This event marked the beginning of the formation of most modern championships and tournaments. Around the same time, many football clubs were founded, whose players shine in the international arena today. They became: “Barcelona” (1899), “Bavaria”, “Espanyol” (1900), “Real Madrid” (1902), “Besiktas”, “Atletico Madrid” (1903), “ Bayer 04 "(1904), Sporting (1906), as well as Real Betis and Fenerbahce (1907).

Now let's talk about the best football quotes of players and their coaches.

Quotes from Russian players and coaches

Nowadays, many football players are distinguished by very accurate and memorable quotes. So, for example, the Russian footballer Artem Dziuba impressed journalists with the phrase “Let our coach speak.” With these words, the former Spartak striker called on reporters to ask questions to the team’s head coach, Spanish specialist Unai Emery.

Other football quotes belong to Anatoly Fedorovich Byshovets. Assessing the failed match for the team, he said: "There is no limit to human abomination." On that day, the football coach issued a full-fledged speech with accusations addressed to reporters.

But one of the most striking and accurate football quotes of football players is undoubtedly the statement of Andrei Arshavin: “The fact that we have not met your expectations is your problem.”

The ex-player of the St. Petersburg "Zenith" said this phrase after the defeat of the Russian national team from Greece. According to him, the team could not do more than it has already done, so it makes no sense to blame Russian players for anything.

Next, consider individual people: football players and coaches, and analyze some of their football quotes and aphorisms.

Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona is a football legend and just a wonderful person. For his “football life”, which lasted more than 20 years, he managed to play for 6 football clubs and built an amazing career in the Argentine national team, having won the World Cup trophy.

Maradona has many interesting football quotes. Consider the best of them.

Mother thinks I'm the best. And I will never cross my mother. (D. Maradona)

I can be white or black. But I will never be gray. (D. Maradona)

The Lord helps only those who help themselves. (D. Maradona)

Anyone who has robbed a thief deserves forgiveness. (D. Maradona)

Do not be afraid to stain the ball. (D. Maradona)

Pele

Pele, who turned 77 in 2017, is the legendary Brazilian footballer and a true hero of the Santos Brazilian club. Pele spent almost 20 summers in it and won the honorary title of Champions of Brazil six times with the team. And with the national team of his native country, the football player three times became the World Champion - in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

Although Pele did not try himself as a coach of any team, he owns great quotes. Here are some of them.

Without common efforts, victory in football is impossible. (Pele)

Enthusiasm is everything. It should be tight and vibrating like a guitar string. (Pele)

Success is not an accident. This is hard work, perseverance, training, study, sacrifice, and above all, love, for what you do or learn to do. (Pele)

People ask me when the new Pele will be born. I tell them: "Never." My parents covered up the production. (Pele)

Football is a team, a team, and not one or two star players. (Pele)

David Beckham

It is incredibly difficult to list all the achievements and activities of the English football player David Beckham. This is a terrific athlete, actor, successful entrepreneur, wonderful husband and father of four children. During his career, which began in 1991 and ended only in 2013, Beckham managed to play for a huge number of football clubs: for Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy, Milan. David Beckham currently has his own American football club based in Miami. Soon he will have an official name, uniform and his own professional players.

Everyone has hard times. We must find the strength to survive them. (D. Beckham)

The rules of football are very simple: if it moves, hit, if it does not move, hit until it starts to move. (D. Beckham)

Football pushes everything out of the head, begins to occupy the heart, which means that football is more than life. (D. Beckham)

We are never going to stop doing something just because someone there doesn’t like it. We just live our lives. (D. Beckham)

Lev Yashin

Lev Yashin is the most famous football player of the Dynamo Moscow club, the only goalkeeper in history to receive the Golden Ball award of the best footballer of the year in 1963. Also, Lev Yashin was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor" and was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor. Already at the age of 18, the young man was noticed by the Dynamo coach, in which he built his career, having played a farewell match only in 1971. With this club, the goalkeeper five times became the champion of the Soviet Union. Lev Yashin recognized as the best goalkeeper of the XX century.

No qualification will raise a person above the level of mediocrity. (L. Yashin)

Now they say: “the times of romantic football”, as they say about the distant prehistoric era, when football was simple and naive, when players and coaches relied more on improvisation than on pre-planned schemes. (L. Yashin)

Sport has opened the world to many outstanding people. They are different, these people-phenomena - “man-mountain”, “man-lightning”, “man-dolphin”, “man-bird”. These nicknames express surprise at the miracle created by nature and worship at those who do not resemble mortals. (L. Yashin)

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane is considered one of the most striking and successful coaches of our time. It is noteworthy that Zinedine was also an outstanding football player, who left his mark on the history of several clubs and the French national team. As a player of Juventus, Zidane twice became the champion of Italy, with the club Real Madrid he won the Champions League, and with the French team he became World Champion and European Champion. Having headed his former club Real Madrid, the 45-year-old specialist won the Champions League Cup three times in a row.

One of the best quotes of football coaches belongs to Zidane.

I did not immediately realize how incredible this emotion is when you know that a whole country is worrying about you. (Z. Zidane)

Life is full of regrets, but they are not worth the time spent on them. (Z. Zidane)

It doesn't matter how many times you win. Each time will be special. Victories cannot be boring at all. You can win ten games in a row and want to win the eleventh. (Z. Zidane)

No matter how you left, the main thing is who you were. (Z. Zidane)

You can endure a strong push, a dangerous tackle, mats in your direction. But when they insult their relatives, you need to answer immediately. (Z. Zidane)

I cried because I didn’t have football shoes, but one day I met a man who had no legs. (Z. Zidane)

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex, who is just a year younger than Pele, spent his entire playing career in Scotland. He was remembered by the world community thanks to his outstanding work at the English club Manchester United, which lasted from 1986 to 2013. With this club, Alex Ferguson managed to win 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and two UEFA Champions League cups, making him the most titled English football coach.

Football quotes from Sir Alex Ferguson :

Never let success change you - no one respects such people. (A. Ferguson)

Real champions are those who, having lost one match, go out in the next and prove that they are worth something. (A. Ferguson)

You can never think that you are the best in your field. Arrogance is not quality, but an obstacle to success. (A. Ferguson)

Football as an industry depends on success: you need to win in order to survive. (A. Ferguson)

Accept victory with humility, and losing with dignity. (A. Ferguson)

Hard labour. Teamwork. Strict principles. These are the values ​​in the places where I was born. (A. Ferguson)

So, in this article we examined quotes and statements of outstanding players and coaches, who forever wrote their name in the history of world football. It becomes clear why many athletes perceive sports and football as a science that requires close attention and study. It is extremely important for football players to be able to find a common language in a team and build their own unique technique of interaction.