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title: "6 Footballer Like Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I would have loved to have been a footballer like my great uncle Matt Busby, but I knew quite early on that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-coyle/i-would-have-loved-to-have-been-a-footballer-like-my-great-uncle-matt/)

[Brendan Coyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-coyle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/brendan-coyle-23147_accept_i-would-have-loved-to-have-been-a-footba_1168908.jpg)

> [As a young kid, you never really understand what it takes to be a footballer: what it's like after you've won or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikita-parris/as-a-young-kid-you-never-really-understand-what-it-takes-to-be-a/)

[Nikita Parris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikita-parris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/nikita-parris-9955_bad_as-a-young-kid-you-never-really-understa_1441882.jpg)

> [I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-look-at-messi-and-he-makes-me-laugh-a-beautiful-footballer-who-is/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/anonymous-1_beautiful_i-look-at-messi-and-he-makes-me-laugh-a_1608205.jpg)

> [My thoughts on Balotelli? He's the kind of player who infuriates me. I was not born a footballer like him. I achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-batistuta/my-thoughts-on-balotelli-he-s-the-kind-of-player-who-infuriates-me-i/)

[Gabriel Batistuta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-batistuta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/gabriel-batistuta-9682_born_my-thoughts-on-balotelli-he-s-the-kind-o_2398852.png)

> [I like Drogba, but not just as a footballer. I like leaders and he was it on and off the pitch, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-osimhen/i-like-drogba-but-not-just-as-a-footballer-i-like-leaders-and-he-was/)

[Victor Osimhen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-osimhen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/victor-osimhen-6482_admire_i-like-drogba-but-not-just-as-a-football_3058677.jpg)

> [I've met lots of footballers like Alan Shearer, David Beckham, and Steven Gerrard. I don't really get starstruck because I just think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-bronze/i-ve-met-lots-of-footballers-like-alan-shearer-david-beckham-and/)

[Lucy Bronze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-bronze/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/lucy-bronze-10922_another_i-ve-met-lots-of-footballers-like-alan-s_3116138.jpg)

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