1. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. By Henry Ford
Sometimes as a striker you have to ball on your feet, you either have to dribble to make space to shoot or decide to make a pass really quickly. Either way, sometimes you can and sometimes you can’t but something has to happen.
2. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. By Albert Schweitzer.
This is why I enjoy watching and playing the beautiful game, and when I am at the soccer field I enjoy the breeze as the game gets underway.
3. If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Anonymous.
This is certainly true in the sense that practice makes better. Some athletes, train and train and do extra exercises more than their teammates and for that reason they have more endurance, some are faster and so on.
4. A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. By William G. T. Shedd.
As a fan, you watch your team struggle and you wonder why the coach is not doing any substitutions when there are really good players sitting at the bench.
5. You cannot step twice into the same river. By Heraclitus
Some players are tricky and they want to show off for the crowd, but sometimes they can’t mess around with the same opponent as the they can’t fool them twice.
6. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. By Winston Churchill
There are some star players that have a contagious and positive attitude towards the game that even make their not-so-good teammates look good on the pitch.
7. Houston we have a problem. By John Swigert of Apollo 13
When you’re favorite team is being eliminated from an important tournament or is down by 3 goals. It is a big problem.
8. If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. By Milton Berle
In some occasions teams play tight on defense or as some would say they like to park the bus. For that reason, long-range shots from outside the box are necessary in order to put the ball inside the net.
9. Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles. By Charles Chaplin
Fans waste time arguing about who is the best player ever. It truly doesn’t matter because they will go and others will come; and that is how it goes.
10. Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. By Vincent van Gogh
That is what happens in a play that stars with the goalkeeper to the defenders and the ball keeps rolling into the midfield as it makes its way to the best-positioned striker. Then, there it is! A fantastic goal!
