The greatest football quotes ever said
Here are some of the greatest football quotes ever.
Football isn’t just about goals, trophies, and glory — it’s also about the words that capture the passion of the game. Over the years, players, managers, and commentators have delivered unforgettable lines that live on just like legendary goals. Some are inspiring, some are funny, and others perfectly sum up the madness of football.
1. “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.”
– Bill Shankly, Liverpool manager
2. “I always thought that records were there to be broken.”
– Sir Alex Ferguson
3. “The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, and everything else is just theory.”
– Sepp Herberger, Germany’s World Cup-winning coach (1954)
4. “You don’t win anything with kids.”
– Alan Hansen, BBC pundit, 1995
5. “I don’t believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.”
– Roy Maurice Keane
6. “Zidane can do things with a football which Messi can only dream of.”
– Marco Materazzi
7. “An inch is everything in football.”
– Sir Bobby Robson
8. “Football is the most important of the less important things in life.”
– Arrigo Sacchi, Italian coach
9. “I came like a king, left like a legend.”
– Zlatan Ibrahimović
10. “Play for the name on the front of the shirt and they’ll remember the name on the back.”
– Tony Adams, Arsenal legend