Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game. — Zinedine Zidane Copy Share Image
When you're playing once and then not playing for six games, I don't care what any footballer says, you don't feel involved.… — Jonjo Shelvey Copy Share Image
I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad… — Steven Gerrard Copy Share Image
If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens — J. J. Watt Copy Share Image
Being confident is a really important part of being a footballer. I know my own ability and what I can achieve. — Ayoze Perez Copy Share Image
I, as you may know, am no stranger to the organic courgette, but I still cannot work out who these gay footballers… — Julian Clary Copy Share Image
Having a stadium in France named after a footballer from the Ivory Coast, even if I'm proud of my France-Ivory Coast background,… — Didier Drogba Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
If you can have a career as a footballer for 13 years then you're really lucky, but there will probably be plenty… — Graham Potter Copy Share Image
I think that what I don't like is everything that surrounds a footballer. The fame, the people idolizing you, the press, not… — Carlos Vela Copy Share Image
When you are a successful footballer, you get put on a pedestal. You are the person your friends and family look up… — Micah Richards 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
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
Footballers wives are like leeches, feeding off their partners success. I don't want to be a footballer's wife. — Jamelia Copy Share Image
I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At a club like City, there are things in the papers and talk all the time. Ever since I've been a footballer,… — James Milner Copy Share Image
You can't think about losing, ever. That's the number one sin of a footballer. If you think about that, it's going to… — Sam Kerr Copy Share Image
I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this… — Philip Rivers Copy Share Image
In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games. — Shaun Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
It's unbelievable what the rewards are like with being a footballer, but I'm not stupid - I don't go around flaunting it. — Aaron Ramsey Copy Share Image
If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can't write my own music.… — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
I guess, maybe, it's just part of being a footballer. There's always transfer talk - someone trying to get you in or… — Jozy Altidore Copy Share Image
I think I get a raw deal from referees. But as a professional footballer I have to accept it, and that's what… — Pepe Copy Share Image
My father pushed me to be a footballer. At every opportunity, he took me with him to play football. He came with… — Riyad Mahrez Copy Share Image
I'm still a fanatical fan of Porto, and I always will be, but a footballer's career is short, and I have to… — Ruben Neves Copy Share Image
Professional footballers - those virile young stags of our modern culture - are near perpetual fountains of sputum. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
We work just as hard as any footballer, period. We go through the same experiences and heartaches. We make the same sacrifices.… — Ada Hegerberg Copy Share Image
My two years at Juve were fantastic. I was just a lad when I arrived, and I was a real footballer when… — Alvaro Morata Copy Share Image
I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when… — Gervinho Copy Share Image
It's impossible to imagine doing anything else because I always had in my head that I would be a footballer. — Lucas Moura Copy Share Image
As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he… — Lilian Thuram Copy Share Image
It is a fact for any footballer - you can be really happy, but if the club don't want you, you have… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
When you become a professional footballer, there's no written contract that says you have to strive to play first-team football. — Joe Hart Copy Share Image
Alfredo Di Stéfano was the greatest footballer of all time - far better even than Pelé. He was, simultaneously, the anchor in… — Helenio Herrera Copy Share Image
For me, the best thing about being a footballer is that indescribable feeling when you are on a pitch doing your job.… — Robert Pires Copy Share Image
I'm here today because God has brought me here. Jesus has brought me here...I'm with an amazing team. I believe He perfectly… — Russell Wilson Copy Share Image
There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So being unable to play for so long isn't where you want to be as a footballer. And if you are not… — Tyrone Mings Copy Share Image
When you are a footballer, you eat, sleep, and breathe football. If I have a bad training session, I can go home… — Divock Origi Copy Share Image
