I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release. — Gordon Taylor Copy Share Image
Ronaldo can do whatever he wants as a footballer. There are some things he does with the ball that make me touch… — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next? — David Icke Copy Share Image
He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with… — Ian Holloway Copy Share Image
Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play… — Hima Das Copy Share Image
I had a lot of friends who were also football players. Some of them ended up in prison, some of them had… — Marko Arnautovic Copy Share Image
I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never… — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
He was always brilliant, but when Pep Guardiola started to use him as a 'false' No. 9, he got even better. It's… — Frank Rijkaard Copy Share Image
Dave Mackay was the kind of footballer that legends are built around. He was simply the greatest - tough as teak on… — Alex Salmond Copy Share Image
We always talk about experience and maturing, the best thing that can happen to a footballer is the game slows down for… — Steve Nicol Copy Share Image
As a footballer, everything you've achieved can easily be lost, and then you are nobody. That's just how life is, and that's… — Alexis Sanchez Copy Share Image
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy.… — Lionel Messi Copy Share Image
A talented footballer comes over, his family depends on him, and if his agent or club don't treat him well, he might… — Nwankwo Kanu Copy Share Image
But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Being a footballer is not just about wearing the shirt and playing football on the pitch. You have to be clean, you… — Emmanuel Petit Copy Share Image
That's the life of a footballer, you are going to have ups and downs in your career, it is not always sunshine… — Scott McTominay Copy Share Image
I remember the days when a footballer who had an issue in his personal life may have been told to grow up… — Chris Hughton Copy Share Image
More than anyone, I am aware of the preconceptions. I was a Spice Girl. I'm married to a footballer. — Victoria Beckham Copy Share Image
We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us. — Ruud Gullit Copy Share Image
As a footballer, you have to be confident you can win all the time so it does not come as a surprise. — Peter Schmeichel Copy Share Image
A footballer who says they don't want to start games is in the wrong job. — Adebayo Akinfenwa Copy Share Image
Being outside on the grass is the easy, enjoyable part of being a footballer. — Danny Ings Copy Share Image
For me to become a professional footballer, determination was key, on and off the pitch. — Michail Antonio Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as a great footballer and a great player. When our football days are over, that's all we… — Andres Iniesta Copy Share Image
I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to… — Essam El Hadary Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd… — George Best Copy Share Image
It was part of my dream when I was a kid to become a footballer, is to have that pressure, to be… — Kasper Schmeichel Copy Share Image
The disappointment of getting relegated from the Premier League is an awful time for anybody as a footballer. — Harry Maguire Copy Share Image
If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
