There are times in the career of every young English footballer when they simply need to take their chance to establish themselves. — Paul Scholes Copy Share Image
This is madness - when a single footballer is more expensive than building a hospital or school, the transfer market has lost… — Robbie Savage Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
...the last player I truly idolize... No other footballer is more worthy of the number 10 shirt than him. (on Maradona) — Hristo Stoichkov Copy Share Image
It's is always nice to be respected as a footballer. I am going to go out and enjoy the game and if… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
Your retirement is an opportunity to live out your dreams and take care of your family. Don’t leave it to chance. — Chris Hogan Copy Share Image
Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And… — Michel Patini Copy Share Image
If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
“I observed that when a footballer is about to make a threatening strike to score a goal, there comes a big shout… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
That's what being a footballer is, really: you train at this time, you finish at that time, then you do that, then… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Scholesy was a genius, absolute genius. He was a center-forward's dream, you could make a run and he'd put the ball perfectly… — Michael Owen Copy Share Image
I’m not saying that maybe there isn’t a kid out there whose behavior hasn’t been influenced by me in some way. I’m… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
I felt like a racehorse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
My father was a footballer. I used to play a lot as a kid, but not like a team or something, just… — Simona Halep Copy Share Image
You've got to believe you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and… — Peter Shilton Copy Share Image
I don't know what I'd have become if I hadn't been a footballer; I wrote down 'dustbin man' on a careers questionnaire… — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
I used to play everything, but people in my village said football is in my blood because my father has been a… — Hima Das Copy Share Image
I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's… — George Best Copy Share Image
When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your… — Pele Copy Share Image
To be a footballer you have to be a certain type, you have to walk that tightrope near the addictive gene to… — Tony Adams Copy Share Image
We all like a party but when that 'becomes the main feature of your lifestyle as a footballer, I haven't got time… — Sol Campbell Copy Share Image
There's something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I’ve always said that you can live without water for many days, but you can’t live for a second without hope. — Brendan Rodgers Copy Share Image
Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and… — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
I'm a footballer and not a lawyer or an accountant and my job is to take care of business out on the… — Jude Bellingham Copy Share Image
Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees.… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the… — Ruud van Nistelrooy Copy Share Image
But when I look back I can't call myself unlucky. My 23rd birthday was December 14. In these years I have had… — Ernie Davis Copy Share Image
The only thing that's running well in Bulgaria is the Bulgarian Football Union. Unlike the BFU, many footballers here don't run, they… — Ivan Slavkov Copy Share Image
Nowadays, Messi is better than Ronaldinho. He is the best footballer in the world right now. And I'm not the only who… — Sergio Aguero Copy Share Image
It's quite confusing and odd when a footballer, instead of playing, is interested in bringing in players who are his friends. — Roberto Carlos Copy Share Image
To be a footballer means being a privileged interpreter of the feelings and dreams of thousands of people. — Cesar Luis Menotti Copy Share Image
Jimmy Greaves and Kenny Dalglish had similar know-how, but Dalglish's knowledge and reading of the game was far superior. He was the… — Jimmy Armfield Copy Share Image
I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing. — Ashley Young Copy Share Image
You want to achieve the most you can in the short period you have in your career as a professional footballer. — Gary Cahill Copy Share Image
What they say about footballers being ignorant is rubbish. I spoke to a couple yesterday and they are quite intelligent. — Raquel Welch Copy Share Image
Yes, I was a footballer, but there's more to me than meets the eye. I've got more levels. So many levels. I'm… — Sol Campbell Copy Share Image
People talk about what I did in my private life more than if I'm good at football. 'Oh yeah, he was good,… — Ashley Cole Copy Share Image
Congratulations to Thierry Henry on a truly wonderful career. One of the great footballers of our time and a top bloke. Bonne… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I work on my speed and strength every day, and I do a lot of work on my first five yards. For… — Jack Wilshere Copy Share Image
