Soccer Devotion Quotes

The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.

Growing up in New Orleans, I was always the only black kid, or one of two, on the school soccer team. While I was always conscious of this status, what took precedent was my unfettered love of the game.

Never been crazy enough about soccer to say, 'I'm a Madrid fan until death.'

Chinese fans are just passionate about the game. The love they have is just insane.

In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer.

The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.

I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford.

I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.

I've never met anyone who loves the Socceroos as much as me.

My whole life has always been football and that only. Since I was six years old, I've only really thought about football. I used to watch it on TV, play video games, and so on. I just love football. Some people joke that I am too into it, but football just sums up my life.

Soccer is the main sport in Mexico; it's very important for the Mexican people. It's their passion - it's their religion - and Mexican football was always one of the best in the world.

I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.

The intensity of the football and how the people live football in Liverpool - it is not a usual.

When I came from Europe, I was told that Americans don't care about soccer and this and that. But the way people cared was beyond my wildest expectations. You can't manufacture that.