We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us. — Ruud Gullit Copy Share Image
As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer. — Ruud van Nistelrooy Copy Share Image
People watch me because I am a footballer, not because I wear a nice watch. — Lukasz Fabianski Copy Share Image
Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
It's why you become a footballer, so you can play against the best in the Champions League. — Joshua Kimmich Copy Share Image
A footballer's career is very short, and I want to finish it in a strong and spectacular way. — Filipe Luis Copy Share Image
I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for. — Jamie Redknapp 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
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
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
I think I like to do a lot of things to, you know, turn off the 'football head.' I think that's really… — Erling Haaland Copy Share Image
Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
You set out to be a footballer, when you're young, and you think I'd love to do that. There's plenty of things… — Michael Carrick Copy Share Image
You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the… — Johan Cruijff Copy Share Image
I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a… — Glenn Hoddle Copy Share Image
Kids want to be professional footballers and I think they need to know what it takes to get there - you know,… — John Terry Copy Share Image
For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout… — Thierry Henry Copy Share Image
Life has taught me that you can’t control someone’s loyalty. No matter how good you are to them, doesn’t mean they’ll treat… — Trent Shelton Copy Share Image
When Carlisle released me, I felt as though the dream of being a footballer was over. — Glenn Murray Copy Share Image
Like any footballer, I love to play. I love to feel important. I love to enjoy the game. — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
That's the buzz you want as a footballer - to perform well in the big high-profile games. — Gary Cahill Copy Share Image
How would you know a Cork footballer? He's the one who thinks that oral sex is just talking about it. — John B. Keane Copy Share Image
Even in school, when they asked us what we wanted to be, I wrote, 'A professional footballer.' — Wendie Renard Copy Share Image
Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life. — George Best Copy Share Image
As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons. — Joleon Lescott Copy Share Image
I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer. — Paul Gascoigne Copy Share Image
If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
