There's a big difference between being a footballer and being a coach. — Marco van Basten Copy Share Image
Pele was the only footballer who surpassed the boundaries of logic. — Osvaldo Ardiles Copy Share Image
I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game. — David Beckham Copy Share Image
You don't need to be too big as a footballer, you just need that little bit on you. — Phil Foden Copy Share Image
This is what you dream about as a footballer: playing with the best and against the best in Europe. — Alphonso Davies Copy Share Image
We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought. — Bobby Robson Copy Share Image
Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
I'll have you know that I am not a failed Third Division footballer. I am a failed Second Division footballer. — Eamon Dunphy Copy Share Image
Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely. — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
To the fans, it does not matter a damn how you are. You are seen as the footballer, the idol, so no… — Gianluigi Buffon Copy Share Image
You can play all the games you want as a professional footballer, but when you go into coaching it's just totally different. — Scott Parker Copy Share Image
I want people not to be surprised when I say I'm a professional footballer, especially for younger girls, looking up and realising… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
A lot of kids, when they get to 18 or 19, they start getting flashy and forgetting about the real basics of… — Reiss Nelson Copy Share Image
My attitude as a footballer was to always be prepared - make sure you're the fittest and know who you're up against.… — Alex Scott Copy Share Image
I've always dreamt of being a footballer. You only get one shot at a career like this, and I want to be… — James Milner Copy Share Image
I am not dealing with footballers, I am dealing with people. They have fears and worry about failing and making fools of… — Pep Guardiola Copy Share Image
Paolo Maldini is someone I loved at AC Milan and looked up to as a player. I think he had so much… — John Terry Copy Share Image
A friend at school was always being laughed at because his father emptied dustbins for a living. But those who laughed worshipped… — David Icke Copy Share Image
Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at… — Oliver Kahn Copy Share Image
In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and… — Xavi Copy Share Image
Michigan State is always welcome at Ann Arbor. Your teams in all the various branches of athletics are more frequent visitors here… — Fielding H. Yost Copy Share Image
You're obviously conscious of being brash or big-headed but I always knew I was going to be a footballer when I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps I shouldn't say it, but I'm maybe a little too intelligent to be a footballer. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
You question yourself all the time as a footballer. You have to focus on the positives. — Eden Hazard Copy Share Image
I understand football. I have always been a good footballer, and that gets overlooked by most people. — Alan Smith Copy Share Image
This 'anti-footballer' term seems to have come about because of me! — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
I want to be a footballer - and that means playing on a Saturday afternoon. — Charlie Adam Copy Share Image
Like any working-class boy growing up in north London, I wanted to be a footballer. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype. — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer. — Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Messi is the best player in the world. If he's not already, he'll be the best footballer of all time. — LeBron James Copy Share Image
I like Balotelli: he's even crazier than me. He can score a winner, then set fire to the hotel. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic Copy Share Image
Maradona was the real best footballer ever seen in the world. — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Copy Share Image
