We were told before the game that the entire nation was watching. I said, good - then they will see us win.

Football is not about the legs. It's about the head and heart.

Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands.

-- Leonidas I

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

-- Oscar Wilde

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

-- Charles Dickens

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

-- Johan Cruyff

Is the goalkeeper aware that I am Garrincha?

-- Garrincha

I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.

-- Jack Johnson