John Woo Quotes

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

It's special for me to coach the team Lombardi coached.

I chose China because I needed something new. Other clubs in Europe and Qatar were also a possibility, but the adventure at Guangzhou was the most interesting.

I want to go to China or coach or play arena football.

In Europe, the leagues have been around 100 years.

A five-year-old Chinese girl knows more about football than I do.

Neuer is one of the best goalkeepers in history.

If you'd have asked me five or six years ago when I first got the name, I'd have thought this is wild, a quarterback named Duck, but now it's cool.

When I heard of United's interest, I thought, 'Wow.' This is a team that has won a lot of leagues in the history of the Premier League and English league.

I played with great teammates like Ronaldinho and Messi. I think they are two of the greatest players in the history of football.

Football is a thinly disguised re-enactment of hunting; we played it before we were human.

At least, not in this country,' she added after a moment's thought. 'In China it's a little different. Once I saw a Chinaman in Shanghai. His ears were so big he could use them for a raincoat. When it rained, he just crept in under his ears and was warm and snug as could be. Not that the ears had such a rattling good time of it, you understand. If it was specially bad weather, he'd invite friends and acquaintances to pitch camp under his ears too. There they sat, singing their sorrowful songs while it poured down outside.

I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Pelé. When he finishes and he retires, he will automatically become one of them. A player that people will talk about forever, while the game of football is as good and as popular as it is. He is a sensational player.

The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.

In China today, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America today, Britney Spears is Britney Spears-and that is our problem.

China is the greatest mystifying and stupefying fact in the modern world.

When I was growing up in Baltimore, the Colts were not just a team that played in the city. It was part of the city. Football players didn't make close to the money they make today and most took jobs in the off-season. Some were mechanics, others worked at furniture stores, and you could find them drinking at a neighborhood watering hole.

Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore

I’ll never forget the club or him I don’t see Arsenal without Arsene Wenger

There's always an asterisk behind somebody's name who hasn't won the Super Bowl. There shouldn't be, but that's kind of the way history works.

What is China but a people and their stories?

Messi is out of this world. Scoring 86 goals this year... In 2012. What an incredible accomplishment

There have been miraculous stories in the history of big football events all around the globe, with host nations achieving fantastic results and even winning titles with the support of their fans.

When I look back on when I grew up, not even football players lifted weights. That was back 50 years ago.

Real Madrid is a legendary team that stands above all others and is the target of all players.