This hub follows on from a hub entitled 'Funniest Soccer Quotes', which I realise did not do wonders for some of the stereotypes bestowed on footballers. Therefore, in order to even the playing field, here are some of the best ever inspirational and motivating soccer quotes in history. If you more of the same then see my other hub 'Motivational Soccer Quotes'.

"Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."- Mia Hamm

"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."- Bill Shankly

"If a team wants to intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won."- Mia Hamm

"Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence." - Bobby Charlton

"The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does."- Phil Woosman

"When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started."- Jose Mourinho

"Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man." - Pele

"Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord thy God's. The sixth day is for football." - Anthony Burgess

"To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed."- Jose Mourinho

"Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. Working from dawn till dust just to feed their young. There is no pressure in football"- Jose Mourinho

"I play with passion and fire. I have to accept that sometimes this fire does harm".- Eric Cantona

'I eat football, I sleep football. I breathe football. I'm not mad, I'm just passionate'.- Thierry Henry

"I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."- Mia Hamm

"Fail to prepare, prepare to fail." - Roy Keane

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do." - Pele

"If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can’t swim."- Berti Vogts

"The goalkeeper is the jewel in the crown and getting at him should be almost impossible. It's the biggest sin in football to make him do any work." - George Graham

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of knowledge,
but a lack of will.” - Vince Lombardi

"Sweat plus sacrifice equals success." - Charlie Finley

"True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts." - Mia Hamm

"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking." - Mia Hamm