Footballers Quotes · Page 3

Footballers are very superstitious.

— Peter Crouch

I know there are footballers who want to fight for justice, whether Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, any belief.

— Demba Ba

There is such a strange microculture to footballers' fashion and style and the design that goes around it.

— Phil Dunster

Some footballers are lazy and less disciplined and do crazy things.

— Paolo di Canio

Footballers wives are like leeches, feeding off their partners success. I don't want to be a footballer's wife.

— Jamelia

I, as you may know, am no stranger to the organic courgette, but I still cannot work out who these gay footballers…

— Julian Clary

Barcelona have a unique approach to the game based on specific types of footballers playing together as one.

— Bojan Krkic

The elite footballers of one country meet at the national team and it's an honour for me to be among them.

— Ilkay Gundogan

Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

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

— Alex Ferguson

This is what footballers are used to. You're used to playing matches throughout the Christmas period so for us it doesn't feel…

— Robert Snodgrass

I always give my best on the field, but I think modern footballers have a big opportunity to make a difference in…

— David Luiz

I must say that I am quite fed up with those who consider African players like victims. There aren't just sad stories;…

— Victor Osimhen

Twitter is the Wild West of unregulated commentary, with Premier League stars such as Raheem Sterling and Wilf Zaha regularly racially abused…

— Simon Jordan

In the end, the important thing is that you decide where you will be happy and where you can do well, to…

— Carlos Vela

Scholes is one of the most complete footballers I've ever seen. His one-touch play is phenomenal. Whenever I have played against him…

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up…

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

Little details about young footballers catch your eye when you have been around a big club for a long time. At first,…

— Paul Scholes

Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or nothing, which is…

— Martin Jacques

A lack of street footballers dulls the imagination, dulls that natural thinking outside the box. You need that on the street when…

— Sol Campbell

But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen…

— Ryan Giggs

Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They…

— Gary Lineker

Those of us who have feeling, who are sensitive, who can be affected, need a good shield. Footballers are very young and…

— Bojan Krkic

Arsene Wenger's mentality has been to bring together footballers who bring happiness in our sport, the type of players I like to…

— Zico

The greatest footballers take the sport into the world of art, of performance.

— Richard Ashcroft

I love to watch and have great footballers and if I can watch Neymar every day, just imagine.

— Quique Setien

Just because footballers earn a lot of money, it doesn't mean we're not human.

— Troy Deeney

As a footballer's wife, I take great exception to the way we are portrayed in Footballers' Wives.

— Karren Brady

We're professional footballers and we want to win everything we can.

— Phil Foden

There are a lot of football clubs that are fantastic football clubs but how they treat footballers is another story.

— Eniola Aluko

That is Cristiano: hard work, dedication, talent. All that is what makes him one of the best footballers ever.

— Joao Cancelo

We are footballers, we can make mistakes and we can lose games.

— Kelechi Iheanacho

To play and to win against England is big news around the world, and footballers are always grateful for that.

— Sergio Ramos

“Di Stéfano was one of the greatest footballers ever. He had such great balance.”

— Alex Ferguson

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

— Matt Smith

We want to be treated as professionals and like the male footballers.

— Steph Houghton

We are professional footballers. How to cope with the pressure is one of the things we have to learn.

— Thiago Silva

Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace

— Gary Lineker

Fans have to try to control their emotions, as we do as footballers.

— Emmanuel Adebayor