1、It's disappointed to me as you know what kind the World Cup means in football world. ——Rio Ferdinand, former captain of England national team

无缘世界杯让我失望，世界杯在足坛有什么意义，你懂的。——费迪南德，前英格兰国家队队长

2、My job is to make it as difficult as possible for the coach to leave me after the rest. ——Landon Donovan, former captain of USA national team

我的工作就是尽量用表现让教练无法把我排除在(参加世界杯的)阵容之外。——多诺万，前美国国家队队长

3、We need to go on fight hard, we need to work hard for each other. —Clint Dempsey, captain of USA national team

我们要继续努力战斗，要为彼此而努力工作。—邓普西，美国国家队队长

4、It's not about making the amazing saves, it's the little things and small things that made great gatekeepers great. ——Tim Howard, goalkeeper of USA national team

伟大门将并不是靠神奇的扑救成就，而是因为注重小事、小细节才能成功。 ——蒂姆·霍华德，美国国家队国门

5、We have to talk about us, we have to improve. ——Fernando Torres, striker of Spain national team

我们必须检讨自己，我们必须改进。——托雷斯，西班牙射手

6、 “Normally when you swap shirts they are soaked in sweat, but Beckham’s smelt only of perfume. Either he protects himself against BO or he sweats cologne.”

“通常情况下，当你和对手交换球衣的时候，那衣服总是充满了汗水，但贝克汉姆的闻起来却只有香味。是他从来不出汗呢，还是因为他身上流出来的是科隆香水。”——巴西射手罗纳尔多在2002年世界杯四分之一决赛击败英格兰后说。

7、 “Becks hasn’t changed since I’ve known him. He’s always been a flash Cockney git.”

“自从我认识他之后，小贝从来没有改变过。他一直就是个光芒耀眼的伦敦佬饭桶。”——2003年，吉格斯评价他的曼联队友贝克汉姆时说。

8、“I’m so glad there will now be two good-looking guys at Real. I’ve felt so lonely in such an ugly team.”

“我太高兴了，皇马现在将有两个帅哥了。在这支如此丑的球队里，我一直感到孤独。”——皇马的巴西球星卡洛斯在2003年贝克汉姆加盟球队时说。

9、“You score goals as a kid. Then you grow up stupid and become a goalkeeper.”

“小时候你进了很多球，然后你变得麻木了，于是成了一个门将。”——尤文图斯和意大利国家队门将布冯2011年解释自己为何做守门员。

10、“He’s a smashing professional and a leader. He’s like Bobby Moore in that respect, though he wouldn’t have made it into Bobby’s drinking school.”

“他是个了不起的职业球员和领导，他在这方面他就像博比-摩尔，虽然他在喝酒方面连做博比的学生的资格都没有。”——哈里-雷德克纳普在2000年担任西汉姆主帅的时候评价迪卡尼奥时说。

11、“Drogba - the strength of a bull but the pain threshold of a lamb.”

“德罗巴——他拥有一头牛一样的力气，却像一只羊一样弱不经风。”——ITV解说员Clive Tyldesley在2007年评论德罗巴喜欢跌倒的作风时说。

12、 “We were driving back from Birmingham when Kieron (Dyer) suddenly shouted, ‘Stop the bus! I’ve left my diamond earring in the dressing room.’ Can you imagine in my playing days a player telling Bill Shankly, ‘Stop the bus, Bill, I’ve left me earring in the dressing room.”

“球队大巴正在从伯明翰开回纽卡斯尔，基朗(代尔)突然大喊：停车!我的钻石耳环落在了更衣室里。你能想象在我踢球的时代，一个球员敢告诉香克利：停车，比尔，我的耳环忘在更衣室里了。”——2003年，时任纽卡斯尔主帅的博比-罗布森爵士对当下球员的作风表示不满。

13、“You could put (Luis) Figo in a phone booth with 11 opponents and he would find his way to the door. He’d beat them all and dribble his way out.”

“你就算把菲戈放在一个挤满11个对手的电话亭里，他照样能够找到出门的路。他可以击败所有对手，把球带出去。”——2003年担任皇马主帅的奎罗斯如此评价菲戈的带球技术。

14、“It’s not nice going into the supermarket and the woman at the till is thinking, ‘Dodgy keeper.’”

“当你去超级市场购物，那个收钱的女人也在想，‘失误的守门员’，这种滋味是不好受的。”——1997年，效力利物浦时经常失误的门将大卫-詹姆斯如是说。