Forwards make the most visible moves as they score goals.

I do what the forwards do and score goals.

— Marouane Fellaini

“You gotta look backwards to go forwards.”

— Fennel Hudson

“We have to live life forwards, but can only understand it backwards.”

— Claire Seeber

As a midfielder, when you have sealed things up at the back, my job is to provide the ammunition for the strikers and forwards,…

— Naby Keita

Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.

— Sarah Dessen

“Sometimes if you don't go backwards, you can't move forwards.”

— Emylia Hall

All coaches now look for forwards who not only score goals but also run back and help in midfield.

— Ciro Immobile

At Arsenal, we build up in a three so I'm playing centre-back every week but just on some occasions I'm flying forwards.

— Ben White

I've got a very poor sense of direction. I keep forgetting which way is forwards.

— Geoffrey Parfitt

It's an honour for me to be one of PSG's forwards.

— Edinson Cavani

Forwards are the gnarled and scarred creatures who have a propensity for running into and bleeding all over each other.

— Peter FitzSimons

If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going.

— Casey Stengel

“If our minds can hold us back, then they can push us forwards too.”

— Sally Brampton

When you don't give the forwards the service, then it's difficult for them to score. Not everyone's a Gareth Bale.

— Kyle Walker

As I always say, the fundamental thing in football is to defend as well as attack. And to attack well means that the forwards…

— Pepe