I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer. — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
I see my uncle as an idol, someone I have always looked up to as a footballer. — Alex Iwobi Copy Share Image
As a footballer, you just have to try to learn what you've done bad and what I could do good. — Henrikh Mkhitaryan Copy Share Image
Love is good for footballers, as long as it is not at half-time. — Richard Møller Nielsen Copy Share Image
A World Cup in Brazil is the greatest event in which a footballer can play. — Mario Gomez Copy Share Image
Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary. — Franck Ribery Copy Share Image
If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the beginning of the day. — H. L. Hunt 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
The disappointment of getting relegated from the Premier League is an awful time for anybody as a footballer. — Harry Maguire 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
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 will not lie, people know I'm a footballer and I had to seize the moment with Zenit's financial offer. — Hulk Copy Share Image
Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid… — Wayne Rooney Copy Share Image
When I was seven I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
Messi is as famous as any footballer has ever been, and yet, when it comes down to it, we don't know much… — Paul Scholes Copy Share Image
I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in… — Ade Akinbiyi Copy Share Image
I've played a super soldier, a doctor, a World War II fighter pilot, a professional footballer, and a meth-dealing junkie. All those… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
Even now, as a footballer I've experienced many types of racism. Whether that's abuse on the field or from the crowd, it's… — Troy Deeney Copy Share Image
I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. His passing… — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
I don’t see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal? They enjoy it and the young ladies… — Ian Holloway Copy Share Image
What a footballer wants above all else is to win, regardless of who the coach is. — Pepe Reina Copy Share Image
I played for West Ham juniors and thought I'd become a professional footballer. — David Essex Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you want to be on the pitch as a footballer. — Antonio Rudiger Copy Share Image
I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock. — Barry Venison Copy Share Image
They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that. — Kevin Keegan Copy Share Image
People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it. — Gordon Strachan Copy Share Image
Good players can do well everywhere and Soldado is a good footballer. — Mario Kempes Copy Share Image
I know, everywhere I go, I have the door open because I am a great footballer and a great person. — Emmanuel Adebayor Copy Share Image
As a footballer you're so in a routine, and you do the same things every day. — Dominic Calvert-Lewin Copy Share Image
Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person. — Zinedine Zidane Copy Share Image
If you ask any footballer, if you haven't won a game all season you're not going to be confident. — Lee Cattermole Copy Share Image