“We're gonna call this drill 'The Exorcist' 'cause it's all about controlling possession.”— Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence, Tom Marshall, Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis, imdb.com
“A new study shows players with darker skin are often reduced to physical attributes, while players with lighter skin are praised for mental qualities.”— Terrence Doyle, fivethirtyeight.com
“Cut to: the jerseys being turned inside out. It was only the team’s latest act of expert protest.”— Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, vogue.com
“'Sports have been cut out of the beauty conversation for too long—we want to merge that gap,' explains Harris.”— Lauren Valenti, Vogue, vogue.com
“I'm Argentinian. Tango and football are compulsory.”— Anthony McCarten, Jorge Bergoglio/Pope Francis, Jonathan Pryce, imdb.com
“People are always asking me how to better the state of women’s sports, and I’m like, ‘Fucking go to the games.’”— Megan Rapinoe, instyle.com
“The only one who can tell me I'm not good enough is you. And even then I may not agree with you.”— Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart, Santiago Munez, Kuno Becker, imdb.com
“This frigging game is ruining my life.”— Yabo Yablonsky, Djordje Milicevic, Jeff Maguire, Evan Jones, Captain Robert Hatch, Sylvester Stallone, imdb.com
“Those American drugs work better than expected.”— Stephen Chow, Tsang Kan-Cheung, Hung, Patrick Tse, imdb.com
“A number of World Cup stars, including Megan Rapinoe, who plays for Reign FC, and fellow co-captains Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd, are using their platforms to speak out in favor of equal pay for women.”— Julie Compton, NBC News, nbcnews.com
“Well, you're the new kid on the block, son. You've got something he never had - flair. Aye. because they don't believe they're risks. Put your coat down here. Three and in. You're in. All righty. They control the ball, the ball doesn't control them. Here. Look at this. Two jackets and a ball. It's a…”— Dick Clement, Glen Foy, Stephen Dillane, imdb.com
“Jan Kubis: If it was peacetime, suddenly, now...what would you do? Anna: I'd go out and buy a dress. A bright, red dress made of silk. Jan Kubis: I'd see a good football match. Maybe get drunk afterwards.”— Ronald Harwood, Jan Kubis, Timothy Bottoms, imdb.com
“Someone’s pride is inevitably someone else’s shame, however, and everything I love about the US women’s team is everything plenty of others despise about it — in our country and around the world.”— Shannon Keating, buzzfeednews.com
“Vanessa Baxter: Can you drive Eve to soccer? Mike Baxter: [scoffing] Soccer. That's just Europe's covert war for the hearts and minds of America's kids.”— Jack Burditt, Vanessa Baxter, Nancy Travis, imdb.com
“Bobby, I didn't think I'd ever need to tell you this, but I would be a bad parent if I didn't. Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking.”— Johnny Hardwick, Hank Hill, Mike Judge, imdb.com
“We have found that players like communicating via their digital devices. So with the help of our technology partner, we came up with an app that allows us to send short clips of analysis to individual players or groups of players from different parts of the team. Every player gets a couple of exampl…”— Oliver Bierhoff, espn.com
“We want to win the trophy, at all cost, of course. But anything can happen in semifinal or a final. You can be at your best and still lose. Or you can win with a bit of luck. The difference between the teams is so small.”— Oliver Bierhoff, espn.com
“We had a very good team spirit, especially in the Champions League where we felt we could beat anyone, because we were able to adapt tactically and play like two different teams. The mentality was also good, and if you look at the final again you will see what I mean when I talk about the spirit.”— Rafael Benitez, fourfourtwo.com