"Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be."
- Mia Hamm
"There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it's just by signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in th..."
- Lionel Messi
"In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game."
- Amit Kalantri
"The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet."
"The StadiumHave you ever entered an empty stadium? Try it. Stand in the middle of the field and listen. There is nothing less empty than an empty stadium. There is nothing less mute than stands bereft..."
- Eduardo Galeano
"The ball laughs, radiant, in the air. He brings her down, puts her to sleep, showers her with compliments, dances with her, and seeing such things never before seen his admirers pity their unborn gran..."
"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 ente..."
"Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community's fabric, a repository of traditions."
- Franklin Foer
"Before you start your full day of watching Equestrian Square Dancing, Soccer Balling, Hoop Dreaming, Cricket Batting, Rugby Punching, Volleyball Chopping, Skateboard Falling, Martial Arts Bowing, Bicy..."
- James Hauenstein
"Men spend their time in following a ball or a hare it is the pleasure even of kings. "
- Blaise Pascal