You don't need to be too big as a footballer, you just need that little bit on you. — Phil Foden Copy Share Image
I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game. — David Beckham Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids. — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you are a professional footballer, you have to deal with tough decisions. — Adam Lallana Copy Share Image
Every footballer wants to play. No one is happy when they are not playing. — Radamel Falcao Copy Share Image
In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years. — Gary Lineker 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
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
In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games. — Shaun Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
It's unbelievable what the rewards are like with being a footballer, but I'm not stupid - I don't go around flaunting it. — Aaron Ramsey Copy Share Image
I guess, maybe, it's just part of being a footballer. There's always transfer talk - someone trying to get you in or… — Jozy Altidore Copy Share Image
If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can't write my own music.… — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
I think I get a raw deal from referees. But as a professional footballer I have to accept it, and that's what… — Pepe Copy Share Image
But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
A talented footballer comes over, his family depends on him, and if his agent or club don't treat him well, he might… — Nwankwo Kanu Copy Share Image
Being a footballer is not just about wearing the shirt and playing football on the pitch. You have to be clean, you… — Emmanuel Petit Copy Share Image
Michigan State is always welcome at Ann Arbor. Your teams in all the various branches of athletics are more frequent visitors here… — Fielding H. Yost Copy Share Image
As a footballer, everything you've achieved can easily be lost, and then you are nobody. That's just how life is, and that's… — Alexis Sanchez Copy Share Image
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy.… — Lionel Messi Copy Share Image
You're obviously conscious of being brash or big-headed but I always knew I was going to be a footballer when I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We always talk about experience and maturing, the best thing that can happen to a footballer is the game slows down for… — Steve Nicol Copy Share Image
To play along alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, or Franck Ribery is an honour for any footballer. — Wesley Sneijder Copy Share Image
I grew up in a place where there weren't many opportunities if you didn't become a footballer. — Carlos Tevez Copy Share Image
It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners. — Roberto Baggio Copy Share Image
Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer. — Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype. — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
Like any working-class boy growing up in north London, I wanted to be a footballer. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
I want to be a footballer - and that means playing on a Saturday afternoon. — Charlie Adam Copy Share Image
This 'anti-footballer' term seems to have come about because of me! — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people. — Alan Smith Copy Share Image
This is what you dream about as a footballer: playing with the best and against the best in Europe. — Alphonso Davies Copy Share Image
We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought. — Bobby Robson Copy Share Image
Perhaps I shouldn't say it, but I'm maybe a little too intelligent to be a footballer. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
