1) "It’s nothing but masturbation for conditioning coaches." - Andrea Pirlo dismisses the importance of pre-match warm-ups with typical creativity.
2) "One day we won't have the World Cup, we will have
inter-planetary contests." - Fifa president Sepp Blatter
3) "A stadium without fans in the curva is like a woman
without breasts." - Sampdoria boss Sinisa Mihajlovic argues against closing stands as a punishment for crowd trouble, in his own inimitable fashion.
4) "If we beat Costa Rica I want a kiss - obviously on the
cheek - from the UK Queen." - Unfortunately, Mario Balotelli was unable to inspire Italy to a World Cup win over Los Ticos.( so no kiss lol)
5) "As amazing as it sounds, the ball hit my moustache.
It was a moustache goal." - Brazil striker Fred reminds everyone of the old adage that 'they all count' after ending his World Cup goal drought with an unorthodox finish against Cameroon.
6) "I was with the national team at the time. I called
Andrea Pirlo over and said: 'F**k, look who we’ve hired!' But now I thank God every day that we hired Porompopero!" - Daniele De Rossi admits that he was less than impressed when he googled Rudi Garcia after the
Frenchman's appointment as Roma coach and found a
Youtube clip of his new boss playing guitar and singing 'Porompoper'.
7) "I got Robbie’s mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it’s Robbie - whazzup!' Like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: 'I can’t be f****** signing that.'" - Former Sunderland boss Roy Keane reveals why he decided against making a bid for Robbie Savage.
"Take someone like (Parma striker) Antonio Cassano. He says he's slept with 700 women but he doesn't get picked for Italy any more. Can he really be happy? I wouldn't be." - Pirlo reveals that he has always preferred scoring on the field to off it. #lozzz
9) "This is the worst day of my life." - Luis Felipe Scolari. July 8, 2014
10) "The best news today is that football is over for 2014. Any criticism that we receive now is justified. We are standing here like complete idiots and it's completely
our own fault." - Coach Jurgen Klopp calls it like he sees it as Borussia Dortmund end the year inside the Bundesliga relegation zone.
11) "It's probably been the worst three months of my life." - Steve Gerrard opens his heart after leading England to an embarrassing first-round exit at Brazil 2014 just over a month after Liverpool blew the chance to
win a first Premier League title in 24 years.
12) "I lost my balance, making my body unstable and
falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit
my face against the player leaving a small bruise on
my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth." - Luis Suarez proves himself as creative and inventive off the field as he is on it, after being accused of biting Chiellini during Italy's World Cup win over Uruguay.
13) "The worst of everything is the attitude of Chiellini.
He's a great player, with an enormous status. It
doesn't correspond with Italian football. A sportsmen
leaving the field, crying and appealing against a
rival. As a man, he disappointed me totally." - Uruguay captain Lugano inexplicably blames Chiellini for a making a meal out of Suarez trying to make a meal out of him.
14) "My fellow players are sometimes occupying the spaces I want to play in. That forces me to adjust my runs, based on the position of my fellow players. Unfortunately, they're often playing in my zones. I
think that's a shame." - Manchester United striker Robin van Persie explains that his team-mates are to blame for his dismal goals return during the 2013-14 Premier Lea
15) "The team underperformed in the second half but
that was normal because it started to rain."
- Ex-Inter boss Walter Mazzarri takes excuse-making
to another level after another poor performance, against Verona. Four days later he was fired
16) "The reality is he's a specialist because eight years
without a piece of silverware, that is failure."- Mourinho takes an umpteenth swipe at old rival Arsene Wenger, who would go on to end his trophy drought with Arsenal by lifting the FA Cup.
17) "I am a sportsman, not a brand ambassador. I am
not the sort of person who poses in underwear." - Manuel Neuer stresses in no uncertain terms that he has nothing in common with Cristiano Ronaldo other than a Ballon d'Or nomination.
18) "They went home from Brazil with no emotion, as if
such failure is normal. Typical for losers... They just
stare at smartphones, with big earphones and
PlayStation in their brains. They don't even know who
they represent or what they are part of." - Boban turns his attention to England and their underperforming players, who bowed out of the World Cup at the group stage and without a victory to their name.
19) "He's worse than Dracula because at least Dracula
comes out of his coffin now and then. He seems to
stay on his line and that's it." - Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar addresses Simon Mignolet's alleged fear of crosses.
20) "Pirlo is that good he meant to hit the crossbar."
- Thierry Henry pays tribute to the infallible Andrea
Pirlo, after the midfielder strikes the woodwork with a
swerving free-kick in Italy's World Cup clash with
England.
21) "I would like to congratulate the mothers of these
players because they have big cojones."." - It's fair to say that Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone was pleased with the belief and resilience his troops showed in their Champions League win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
22) "Guardiola is crazy about football. You can call him at
three in the morning to discuss tactics with him."
- Arjen Robben reveals just how committed Bayern
Munich boss Pep Guardiola is to his job.
23) "I don't know if he is the best player of all time, but
he's the best right now. With him, and the stats are
showing it, you start the game at 1-0." - Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti expresses his gratitude for star forward Cristiano Ronaldo, scorer of a frankly ridiculous 25 goals in 14 Liga games.
24) "I do not look to beat records. This happens
naturally." - Cristiano Ronaldo responds with his characteristic lack of humility to yet another historyc-making goal.
25) "If you go and sit with Van Gaal, you'll come out
thinking, 'I'm 12 years old.' He will speak to you as if
you have no clue." - Rene Meulensteen freely admits that he is no fan of Louis van Gaal's people skills.
26) "Go out and show the world that you are better than
Messi!" - Joachim Low reveals what he told Mario Gotze before sending the attacker on to win the World Cup for
Germany.
27) "The fact he was standing there clapping before
running away is a mark of the man."
- Former Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney
recalls the fact that Eusebio applauded him for
making a crucial save from the Benfica legend in the
dying seconds of normal time in the 1968 European Cup
final, pointing out that d Portuguese was not only a
great footballer but also a wonderful sportsman.

which is ur favourite? as 4 me I like 7, 8 12 , 13 23....