You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets… — Zinedine Zidane Copy Share Image
I'm a professional footballer and, to me, playing regularly is the most important thing; money is secondary. — Kolo Toure Copy Share Image
You have to have faith in your own qualities; that is part of being a footballer: being strong in your head. That… — Olivier Giroud Copy Share Image
When I retired in 2006, I stayed for a further two years in England. I stayed because I wanted to be in… — Dennis Bergkamp Copy Share Image
Not all things always go your way and you have to accept that. That's what you are going to get as a… — Simon Mignolet Copy Share Image
People say footballers have terrible taste in music but I would dispute that. In the car at the moment I've got The… — Andy Gray Copy Share Image
Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
I did Scottish footballer of the year this year, attempted to do some comedy at that. Not the brightest people in the… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
A footballer can have even more problems than other people. Sometimes money and fame can become a problem, too. — Alvaro Morata Copy Share Image
I consider him the best footballer in history. Leo is so much more than just that. In my opinion all players, when… — Joan Laporta Copy Share Image
I'd have loved to have been a footballer. I was always playing football and I enjoyed it much more than tennis to… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan. — Trent Alexander-Arnold Copy Share Image
You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be… — Tony Burton Copy Share Image
Dybala only lacks the belief that he is a great footballer. After his great experience at Palermo he had a great start… — Mario Kempes Copy Share Image
What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment. — Thierry Henry Copy Share Image
If you are a banker... you can do that for all your life, but if you are a footballer once you hit… — Stephan Lichtsteiner Copy Share Image
Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o, two fantastic African footballers. So successful. And very nice characters as well. I got the luck to… — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Copy Share Image
Yes, I thought I was joining Manchester United, I was misled by all involved. I wasnt aware of another Manchester team — Robinho Copy Share Image
I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I like Drogba, but not just as a footballer. I like leaders and he was it on and off the pitch, where… — Victor Osimhen Copy Share Image
I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support… — Dennis Bergkamp Copy Share Image
Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many… — Bobby Charlton Copy Share Image
You can go down a list of footballers since the Premier League and I don't think David Beckham would probably be in… — Chris Waddle Copy Share Image
The way I look at it, a footballer wouldn't play in flip-flops or dip their feet in acid and then expect to… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
A footballer must be prepared to be welcomed when all is well and to receive criticism when things are not working out.… — Edinson Cavani Copy Share Image
“If you want to strike, strike now. No matter how skillfully a footballer strikes beyond the 90 minutes' regulated time, he makes… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
When you become a professional footballer, there's no written contract that says you have to strive to play first-team football. — Joe Hart Copy Share Image
As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
It is a fact for any footballer - you can be really happy, but if the club don't want you, you have… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he… — Lilian Thuram Copy Share Image
My two years at Juve were fantastic. I was just a lad when I arrived, and I was a real footballer when… — Alvaro Morata Copy Share Image
We work just as hard as any footballer, period. We go through the same experiences and heartaches. We make the same sacrifices.… — Ada Hegerberg Copy Share Image
Professional footballers - those virile young stags of our modern culture - are near perpetual fountains of sputum. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when… — Gervinho Copy Share Image
It's impossible to imagine doing anything else because I always had in my head that I would be a footballer. — Lucas Moura Copy Share Image
My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with… — Riyad Mahrez Copy Share Image
I'm still a fanatical fan of Porto, and I always will be, but a footballer's career is short, and I have to… — Ruben Neves Copy Share Image
So being unable to play for so long isn't where you want to be as a footballer. And if you are not… — Tyrone Mings Copy Share Image
