Footballer Quotes · Page 10

The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.

— Sepp Herberger

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.

— Wayne Rooney

What Carew does with a football, I can do with an orange.

— John Carew

I had a very interesting and exciting life as a footballer, for which I am grateful.

— Philipp Lahm

I struggle to see myself as Tyrone Mings the Ipswich footballer. I'm just Tyrone from Chippenham.

— Tyrone Mings

I play football and I want to be considered as a footballer.

— N'Golo Kante

I was able to be myself in Amsterdam, as a footballer I have also become much more complete.

— Hakim Ziyech

A footballer's life can be a bit lonely at times but you have to keep going.

— Darren Bent

Yes, I thought I was joining Manchester United, I was misled by all involved. I wasnt aware of another Manchester team

— Robinho

Everyone was a footballer in my family. My grandfather Wilf played for Newcastle and my cousins play. It's in the blood.

— Alan Carr

I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Fit men walking around and bathing, it would be just like being in Ancient Rome [on a footballers dressing room

— John Barrowman

Footballers are more likely to work better if they get a pat on their back from the boss. A knife in the…

— Gary Lineker

George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to…

— Franz Beckenbauer

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people…

— Walter Smith

I am different as soon as I am on the pitch, because I had to fight so much and work so hard…

— Sadio Mane

It is not my place to make judgments about the behavior of any other footballer. Cars and women, things like that, have…

— Kaka

To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team…

— Jurgen Klinsmann

There are two metaphors for Mario the person and not Mario the footballer. I think I am a man, but I don't…

— Mario Balotelli

Thirteen years after Basic Instinct, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) is now in London, and is going out with a footballer played by…

— Peter Bradshaw

There was never any question about Scholesy's quality as a footballer. He was known as the little ginger magician in the youth…

— Steve Bruce

Players know that they can trust me which is really important. They know that I had the ability to adapt to change,…

— Alex Ferguson

[ Won the 2015 African Player of the Year]meant everything to me. It was the first time a footballer from Gabon was…

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

There is nothing worse than not being involved. You are sitting there thinking, 'What exactly am I? A footballer who is not…

— Wilfried Zaha

In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.

— George Best

It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements.

— Curtis Martin

All my life I've believed in myself. And I have never given up.

— Curtis Pride

Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.

— Abbey Clancy

When I dreamt of being a footballer I dreamt of being a forward, but I wasn't talented enough.

— Thiago Silva

The Champions League is probably the biggest goal a footballer can have.

— Aymeric Laporte

Moise Kean looks like a very good footballer with a lot of different qualities.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

My dream is to win the award for the best African footballer of the year.

— Victor Osimhen

My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study.

— Carles Puyol

If a footballer goes on the pitch with the right mentality, he will perform well.

— Alexis Sanchez

Playing in a big tournament is one of the biggest things for a professional footballer.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

I think every footballer in the world wants to be on the pitch as much as possible.

— Javier Hernandez

People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.

— Zoe Foster Blake

Mohamed Salah is the best footballer in the world and an overall perfect person.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.

— Alan Shearer

Money and all the trappings of being a footballer mean nothing unless you have your health and fitness.

— Victor Wanyama