Cute football quotes

Mostly picked up whilst following the World Cup. Some from memory.

The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes. That's fact. Everything else is pure theory. 

- quoted in 'Run Lola Run'. Original - Sepp Herberger.

Three years ago, Spain decided to keep the ball -- and the side still hasn't given it up. - Sid Lowe

If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, the only way I can win is by putting sugar in your petrol tank. 

-Jose Mourinho

The best players of the world (and Xavi) - WTF headline from Daily Mail

I'm sure I saw him give the ball away once. - Alex Ferguson jokes about Xavi.

The Netherlands is a team in which six players defend, three attack, and Dirk Kuyt runs about. -

Jonathan Wilson

He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.

- George Best on David Beckham

You always lose when your opponents score and you don’t. - Raymond Domenech, who's mastered the art.

Pele should go back to the museum. We all know what the French are like and Platini as a Frenchman thinks he knows it all.

- El Diego

Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins. - Gary Lineker

I always score 1 against Germany. - Lineker after scoring 1 run in a cricket match.