We are professional footballers. How to cope with the…

I feel I cope with pressure quite well.

— Ellie Simmonds

I have played for big clubs and I can cope with the pressure.

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

When you're out there together on the pitch, you're fighting for each other. It's amazing, overwhelming and you either sink or swim in that…

— Jermaine Jenas

I won't name them, but we have family friends who are professional footballers, so I grew up around these types. I was around when…

— Brett Goldstein

We are getting to the point where, like the men's game, playing football is not only a legitimate career but enables you to live…

— Millie Bright

Professional footballers get up, train, play games, and that's it. They don't worry if the club gets fined. They don't investigate the intricacies of…

— Jermaine Jenas

When you talk about professional footballers, rightly or wrongly, people often already have an idea in their head about what they're like; they'll paint…

— Chris Coleman

Professional footballers - those virile young stags of our modern culture - are near perpetual fountains of sputum.

— Frank Skinner

As professional footballers, we are in a fortunate position compared to much of society. I think it's important we keep this in mind and…

— Giorgio Chiellini

We're professional footballers and we just have to be prepared for anything that could happen.

— Rui Patricio

We're professional footballers, so we have to go out there and perform as best we can and try and get the results that we…

— Aaron Ramsey

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

— Ada Hegerberg

For the women's team, our job is to be professional footballers for club and country and be the best role models we can be.

— Steph Houghton

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

— Phil Foden

Kids want to be professional footballers and I think they need to know what it takes to get there - you know, the dedication.…

— John Terry