Football Mistakes Quotes

Everyone makes mistakes, but when players or managers make mistakes, they are all accountable and have to take responsibility. When I talk about referees, you wonder, 'Can I say this?' You have to be careful - but they are the only group in the world of football who are treated like that.

As a young centre-back at Ajax, I played with Wim Jansen, and of course you learn a huge amount. I made some mistakes, because we Dutchmen want to solve situations by playing football. So we look at the ball, try to judge where it will come.

I was just a kid who had arrived in the world of professional football and thought he could do anything he wanted. But I have learned from my mistakes. I have done everything to change, both on and off the pitch.

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game.

When I stated playing as a kid the centre-back would pass to me and I couldn't catch it.

No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.

This is life. This is football. Mistakes happen to any player.

Kilbane did what he normally does: ran his heart out and gave the ball away a lot.

A lot of times losing a game is not taking care of the football, foolish penalties.

Quarterback and cornerback are two of the hardest positions to play on the field, so yeah, you're going to get beat, you're going to throw interceptions, you're going to get sacked, you're going to miss throws. Stuff like that is going to happen. That's something you've been prepping for your whole life playing the position.

A goalkeeper's mistakes are always crucial ones - or get talked about a lot.

I don't know one player who doesn't make a mistake, especially a defender and especially how we play at Liverpool.