When looking for inspiration or seeking moments of brilliance, football players/managers have helped. Football, or as some people call it, "the beautiful game", has been an important sport for many. It's not just a game, it's a way of life, there may be several crazy fanatics, but what you can't ignore is their loyalty. Football, it's more than a game.

1. Eric Cantona on his post Kung-Fu kick press conference (1995)

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much."

2. Sir Alex Ferguson on confidence (2006)

“Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that”

3. Eric Cantona, fearing the fans would stop singing his name (2004)

"I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose."

4. Sir "Bobby" Charlton on the beautiful game (1960's)

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

5. Zinedine Zidane on being grateful to play football (2000's)

“I once cried because i had no shoes to play football with my friends, but one day I saw a man who had no feet, & I realized how rich I am”

6. Bill Shankly on how to play football (1977)

“The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they don’t know the game.”

7. Arsene Wegner on their unbeaten run, no end to their ambition? (2002)

"A football team is like a beautiful woman. When you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful."

8. George Orwell, English novelist (1945)

"International football is the continuation of war by other means."

9. Roy Keane, former Manchester United captain (1990's)

“I don’t believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is the result of a love affair between the child and the ball.”

10. Francisco Maturana García on how you learn from defeats (1990's)

"Every defeat is a victory in itself. "