“I would pass onto any young player to enjoy your football, play your football as you want to play the game, try and enjoy it and make the most of it.”— Lionel Messi, soccerbible.com
“I’d always played football on the street since I was tiny, and it was great fun. After that, I started playing for a local neighbourhood team when I was about five or six.”— Lionel Messi, fourfourtwo.com
“I’m always proudest whenever I’ve been part of trophy-winning team. Lifting a title makes me feel so happy because it’s what I want to do in football: be successful.”— Lionel Messi, fourfourtwo.com
“Pressure in football is an interesting topic. Personally, I try to help myself as best I can. I’m always looking to remain as calm and relaxed as possible when I go onto the pitch. When I feel the grass beneath my feat I feel sure, because playing football is what I enjoy most.”— Lionel Messi, fourfourtwo.com
“My first memories are from when I was very little, maybe three or four years old playing in my neighbourhood at home. I can picture myself with the ball at my feet from a very young age.”— Lionel Messi, espn.com
“In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.”— Lionel Messi, twitter.com
“What matters is being a good father and a good husband—just being connected to family as much as possible. Being a dad is more important than football, more important than anything. I adore children. I love the fact our children are part of both of us. It’s one of the most amazing things ever.”— David Beckham, mirror.co.uk
“I found playing football for more than 20 years was my passion. It was something that I didn’t see as a joke. I would have done it for free over 20 years and that’s how I’ll always feel about football.”— David Beckham, timeout.com
“Every year since I started to play football has been amazing, but this year was special. First of all because we won, for the first time in the history of Portugal, that important cup. For Real Madrid to win the Champions League again, it was an amazing year.”— Cristiano Ronaldo, worldsoccer.com
“For me, every season is a challenge. Many people ask me how I’m going to motivate myself to win more things because you’ve won everything already. But football is my passion and I’m still able to make the fans happy. People love to see me, so I try to do my best, I try to score goals, to help my tea…”— Cristiano Ronaldo, worldsoccer.com
“Sure, before you marry them, all women say they like football. But as soon as you say ‘I do,’ they put on about 40 pounds. And the only ‘hike’ you see is them hiking up their pants before they weld their butts to the sofa for the rest of their worthless lives! As for me...I work for a living!”— Ellen L. Fogle, Al Bundy, Ed O'Neill, imdb.com
“Catfish - I call him Catfish - is always around the ball. Yeah, that was great.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“I think they understand that when I come here to play ball, I'm here 100%, ... I'm going to work as hard as everybody else works. We're going to work on what's in the future, not the past.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“[Jackson said he has a] love-hate ... I love it when he makes plays, hate it when he makes mistakes.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“Fink is such a good player. He pushes off and makes big threes. He put it on the floor and made big shots. When good players get on a roll, it's hard to stop them.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“After the East Moline game, I really believe these guys know they can find a way to win. They never believe they're out of it.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“Like any rivalry, there will be some great games. Fans will enjoy how hard these two teams will play.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“We had good foul shooters going to line. Our best three foul shooters are going to the line the most.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“It's not the Sean Taylor show, it's the Redskins' show. It was the Redskins' defense, the Redskins' offense and the Redskins' special teams. There are a lot of guys out there playing their best football right now, that's all I can tell you.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“[Before the FSU game,] I was missing tackles, ... and I wasn't missing last year. So I decided that this was the game I needed to step it up.”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com