I watched a lot of drunk players, too, I learned from the…

Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating…

— Gary Kemp

“It's so embarrassing to think that someone is actually interested in what you're thinking. And in that regard, it's almost unbelievable that autobiographies are…

— Oddný Eir

I didn't learn from just one, two or three players. I learned from 10, 20 or 30. I learned from everything I saw.

— Ruben Dias

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not…

— Carlos Tevez

“How did I bridge the gap from depression to elation? Well, I worked hard at improving all aspects of my game. I got stronger…

— Walt Frazier

When I went to Australia on the India A tour in 2014, I played on flat pitches against batsmen, some of whom were Test…

— Jasprit Bumrah

What I absorbed from autobiographies was not how to be great so much as the littleness of the great.

— Miles Franklin

I like to read. Autobiographies.

— Janet Jackson

I've read autobiographies from Per Mertesacker, Jaap Stam, Sol Campbell, John Terry... you name them, I've read them. It helps me improve my game,…

— Matthijs de Ligt

Autobiographies give you the picture of the person behind the image on screen, because that's never really you.

— Deepti Naval

“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story…

— Cheryl Strayed

If you take the autobiographies of great sports people, they are almost always the same. They start with zero; they are always ambitious, know…

— Petr Cech

I do read a lot of autobiographies and biographies but from people who are not in my field - older women, older artists, Miles…

— Viv Albertine

'Walking and Talking' is my autobiography. It's best to do it that way, rather than spend months writing a book that then ends up…

— Kathy Burke

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their…

— John Ruskin