40 Football Quotes For Kids

Oluwatosin Michael
Sep 27, 2023 By Oluwatosin Michael
Originally Published on Jan 11, 2023
Football quotes for kids are a good way to get them excited for the game.

Introduction

Why does a person need motivation what is the role of motivation in a person's life, especially while playing any sports?

Well, everyone have lighted oil lamps, sometime in our life. So the role of motivation while playing sports especially football is equivalent to the role of oil in the lamp, it fuels your actions to fulfill your dream to achieve success.

This article is going to teach your kid what perseverance means and why it's required in football, it has quotes from the very best personalities of all time related to football because motivation is never to pursue someone for doing something.

It's about pursuing one to improve themselves in sports such as football. Still, always remember one thing before starting to read any motivational article: motivation is just a help, in the end, it's all about you and how you change your course because it's always going to be on yourself.

Read on for the best football quotes to motivate and inspire you.

Motivational Football Quotes For Kids

Here we will see some motivational quotes for young football fans so that when next time they go outside to play the game of the super bowl they are filled with confidence and potential to accomplish everything that they can dream of.

“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.” 

– Lionel Messi

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” 

– Pelé

"No one ever drowned in a sweat."

- Lou Holtz

"I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches, it is the result of love affair between the child and the ball."

- Roy Maurice Keane

“I don’t have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It’s something I love doing.”

- David Beckham

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that."

- Bill Shankly

"When you demand respect you will be shown respect. But that's usually all it is, a show. When you earn respect you will receive true respect."

- Jay Taylor

“I learned all about life with a ball at my feet” 

– Ronaldinho

“There is no pressure when you are making a dream come true.” 

- Neymar

“The first 90 minutes are the most important.” 

– Bobby Robson

“I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.” 

– Zinedine Zidane

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

- Joe Theismann.

"Football is Freedom, a whole universe."

— Bob Marley.

"Make sure when anyone tackles you, he remembers how much it hurts."

- Jim Brown.

"Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do—and 25 great players.”

- Marv Levy.

"Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins."

- Paul Brown.

“Football is a part of I. When I play, the world wakes up around me.”

— Bob Marley.

Funny Football Quotes For Kids

So are you feeling enthusiastic after reading all those quotes, now is the time to have fun, obviously why a person plays a game, it must have some elements of fun too, what do you think? Read out some of the funniest football quotes that you can share with your team in order to lighten up the environment.

So without further delay get started with these quotes.

"I don’t have any tattoos, but that’s mainly because none of my limbs are wide enough to support a visible image."

- Peter Crouch

"That would’ve been a goal had it gone inside the post."

- Michael Owen

"I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals."

- At the World Cup, Pele proves his worth as a footballing legend in more ways than one.

"One year I played 15 months."

- Franz Beckenbauer defies the laws of time.

"One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best."

- Alan Shearer.

"I'm more afraid of my mum than Sven-Goran Eriksson or David Moyes."

- Wayne Rooney on his mother.

"I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet."

- AC Milan star David Beckham talks about his son Brooklyn.

“We don’t want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk does not play football at this level."

–Bobby Robson.

“I’ve had 14 bookings this season—eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable.”

– Paul Gascoigne.

“Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.”

― Elbert Hubbard.

“Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead. ”

― Erma Bombeck.

“Manchester City are built on sand and I don’t mean that because their owners are from the Arab countries.

- Kevin Keegan

“Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit”.

- Graham Roberts.

Football Quotes For Kids About Perseverance

So what is perseverance? Well, it means consistency in doing hard work by a person, that is why we always hear people saying that it requires perseverance to be good at something.

Most of the time it is said in regards to an sportsman like a footballer because the work they had to do requires continuity or else they will be knocked out of the league. Always remember hard work, and practice, these are the characteristics of a champion.

“The Enemy of the best is the good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best.”

― Jerry Rice

“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”

― Lou Holtz

“Today I will do what other's won't, so tomorrow I will do what others can't.”

― Jerry Rice.

“A champion is simply someone who did not give up when they wanted to."

- Tom Landry

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."

- Vince Lombardi

"If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out."

- Chuck Noll

“You fail all of the time. But you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else.” 

- Bum Phlips

- “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” 

– George Halas

"Football is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority." 

Vince Lombardi

"Motivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training."

— Lionel Messi

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Written by Oluwatosin Michael

Bachelor of Science specializing in Microbiology

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Oluwatosin MichaelBachelor of Science specializing in Microbiology

With a Bachelor's in Microbiology from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Oluwatosin has honed his skills as an SEO content writer, editor, and growth manager. He has written articles, conducted extensive research, and optimized content for search engines. His expertise extends to leading link-building efforts and revising onboarding strategies. 

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