Quotes & Sayings About Goal Scoring

There is something about Game 7 that there's a memory there for you for sure. You want to be a coach or a manager or a player or a goaltender that gets it done, because to me, that's all part of sports. That's what you dream about when you're a little kid - scoring the winning goal. — Mike Babcock

Scoring goals is like making love: everyone can do it, but nobody does it like me. — Alfredo Di Stefano

He spun on his heels and jogged backward across the goal line, the ball raised triumphantly overhead, a gesture that looked arrogant when the pros did it on TV but felt right just then, allowing him to watch his teammates as they came charging joyfully down the field to join him. Todd spiked the ball and waited for them, his arms stretched wide, his chest heaving as if he were trying to suck the whole night into his lungs. All he wished was that Sarah had been there to see it, to know him as he'd known himself streaking down the wide-open field, not some jock hero scoring the winning touchdown, but a grown man experiencing an improbable moment of grace. — Tom Perrotta

We didn't look like scoring, although we looked like we were going to get a goal. — Alan Buckley

[Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international level is much more difficult than it was a few years back because even the lesser teams are well organised and don't concede too many goals these days. — Michael Owen

Most kids dream of scoring the perfect goal. I've always dreamed of stopping it. — Iker Casillas

My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for. — Venus Williams

Addicts have incredible energy, it's just all directed toward one goal. But what incredible luck and grace addicts have. You hear about it all the time, getting into some kind of crazy situation in order to get drugs or to get money for drugs, pulling off something where they fall from a building and land on a truck full of pillows. It's incredible will, and if you learn to focus that will on getting better instead of getting worse it's amazing what you can do with that. You can use that strength and resourcefulness for something real instead of scoring dope in a desert. — Bucky Sinister

The new season will be all about scoring more goals than the opposition. — Alvin Martin

I have always said that the best feeling in the world is scoring a goal. Don't tell my missus that, but it is. When that ball hits the back of the net, it is fantastic. — Alan Shearer

It's not about me, it's about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals. — Thierry Henry

One of the many factors that separate children from adults is the apparent lack in children of teleological intent; that, beyond the immediate ambition of scoring a goal or finishing a drawing, they're not trying to get anywhere or achieve anything. — Robert Rowland Smith

Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup. — Sidney Crosby

I still say if the ball is there to be won I will go for it, whether with my head or whatever, and if it means us scoring or stopping a goal, I won't think twice. — John Terry

It gives me the happiest feeling in the world. I just love scoring. It doesn't matter if it's a simple goal from close range, a long shot or a dribble around several players, I just love to score all goals. — Cristiano Ronaldo

I thought I would break the scoring record when I got to 40 goals by the age of 27 or 28, but then Fabio Capello took over and he never picked me again. — Michael Owen

The news media tends to act like the kids on a young soccer team. We all follow the ball as it moves from one side of the field to the next - like a kids' soccer game. And the kid who ends up scoring a goal was the one who's off to the corner by himself just waiting for the opportunity. — Steve Capus

Messi is out of this world. Scoring 86 goals this year ... In 2012. What an incredible accomplishment — Alex Morgan

'Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous. — Anton Du Beke

I wasn't saying that in a sense that I didn't plan on scoring any goals. This won't happen again. It would be nice if it did, but it's reality. — John Madden

Goal scoring is a recurring theme. If you aren't scoring then you aren't going to win games. That's obvious. — Gary Speed

He who takes his eyes off the goal has a good chance of not scoring!" - Allan Rufus -
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Paolo di Canio is capable of scoring the goal he scored. — Bryan Robson

When I think of Arsenal, my favourite personal memory that I recall is scoring my first goal for the Club - away to Lazio in the Champions League. It was important because when you join a new club, you really want to score your first goal. It's where everything started for me at this club — Robert Pires

At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp. — Paul Pierce

You never get fed up scoring goals — Alan Shearer

For such people, finding a mate is like scoring a goal. You have to develop skills like talking cheesy, praising generously, and targeting properly. They are unable to see the opposite person as a human being. All they focus upon is their own strategy and tactics. For them, all the people on the opposite team are alike - except for looks, education and career. — Gracia Hunter

Until you find where the goal post is, you shall only exert all your precious energy and ability shooting in the direction of goal kick without scoring any goal — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You know, I'd actually say Lionel Messi. He's so remarkable, watching him play he's probably still undervalued. When you're scoring five goals in one Champions League match, there's no value that's too high. — Billy Beane

Scoring a lot of points is not a goal of mine. I just do whatever I do best to help my team win. I'm a role player. — Cartier Martin

Everyone talks about the forwards, the players when they are scoring goals. But sometimes I look for the complete player not just the players who score but those who can pass. — Pele

Neil Lennon wasn't sent off for scoring a goal, and that's what annoys me — Martin O'Neill

Messi not scoring? Great players aren't only great because of goals. If they don't score, they offer goals to teammates — Bernd Schuster

As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age. — Alan Shearer

I want you to take a sleeve of Thin Mints and line them up on the edge of the kitchen counter and when I'm hungry I can just bend over and sweep a cookie into my mouth like I'm scoring a goal in hockey. — Jack Gantos

You have to attack to get corners, no? Winning by scoring strategic goals doesn't bother me - it's part of the game. — Diego Simeone

Cristiano Ronaldo loves scoring goals. Only HE can achieve what he's achieving. — Toni Kroos

I don't see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal? They enjoy it and the young ladies enjoy it too. I suppose that's one of the main reasons women come to football games, to see the young men take their shirts off. Of course they'd have to go and watch another game because my lads are as ugly as sin. — Ian Holloway

There's one sure way to stop us from scoring ... give us the ball near the goal line. — Matty Bell