I do enjoy seeing footballers every day, being on the training ground. — Harry Redknapp Copy Share Image
We're professional footballers and we just have to be prepared for anything that could happen. — Rui Patricio Copy Share Image
Sometimes you look at footballers and think they're selfish or they don't bring a good image to society. But sometimes people underestimate… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
People think footballers are all like robots - we can control everything on the pitch. But your heart is beating 200 times… — Didier Drogba Copy Share Image
Footballers are always subject to criticism, but the world knows how good a player Neymar is and knows about the quality in… — Hulk Copy Share Image
There are some who when they play football they carry the ball ta-ta-ta, but they are jugglers not footballers. The less you… — Alfredo Di Stefano Copy Share Image
These days, you can watch many different sports; you are saturated with it 24 hours a day. And young boys all want… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
For most footballers, they just have to give their all for 90 minutes two times a week, and apart from a few… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
Players know that they can trust me which is really important. They know that I had the ability to adapt to change,… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
We can work together to produce better footballers for both FK Sarajevo and maybe Cardiff City and maybe even to play for… — Vincent Tan Copy Share Image
I've met lots of footballers like Alan Shearer, David Beckham, and Steven Gerrard. I don't really get starstruck because I just think… — Lucy Bronze Copy Share Image
I always give my best on the field, but I think modern footballers have a big opportunity to make a difference in… — David Luiz Copy Share Image
I must say that I am quite fed up with those who consider African players like victims. There aren't just sad stories;… — Victor Osimhen Copy Share Image
This is what footballers are used to. You're used to playing matches throughout the Christmas period so for us it doesn't feel… — Robert Snodgrass Copy Share Image
Twitter is the Wild West of unregulated commentary, with Premier League stars such as Raheem Sterling and Wilf Zaha regularly racially abused… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year:… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
I won't name them, but we have family friends who are professional footballers, so I grew up around these types. I was… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
My body shape has transformed as sports science research has developed. It used to be thought that footballers needed to be big… — Alex Scott Copy Share Image
My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick… — Chris Wilder Copy Share Image
I see pundits on the box, saying kids will watch 'Match of the Day' and copy what they see, but if you… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks footballers have a great life and drive great cars, but sometimes you have to pull the veil away and look… — Kevin-Prince Boateng Copy Share Image
You look at the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, whether it's the boots they wear, the haircuts they have, and you… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
When I was in school with my friends and stuff, you always used to put yourself in the situation of footballers of… — Aaron Ramsey 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
I was a fan once, and I remember what it was like approaching footballers for their autographs. I used to get starstruck… — Harry Kane Copy Share Image
A lot of youngsters want to be footballers and a lot dont make it. It is very difficult but if your education… — Nicolas Anelka Copy Share Image
Footballers nowadays are controlling their image through their own Facebook page so its not the club that controls them anymore, they do… — Emmanuel Petit Copy Share Image
The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training… — Franz Beckenbauer Copy Share Image
If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to… — Alan Shearer Copy Share Image
I didn't have one single hero. Many footballers I looked up to and said, 'Wow, I want to be like them,' but… — Thomas Muller Copy Share Image
At Juve, it's not so much about competition between a young player and a top player, but more about competition between two… — Kingsley Coman Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks that footballers go on the pitch and they have so much money that they think about themselves. But I am… — Marko Arnautovic Copy Share Image
In England, especially, mentally if you're not strong it can eat you up. There's the media, all the negativity surrounding footballers. If… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
People see footballers as different beings, as if we're untouchable, as if nothing ever happens to us, but we're people. Of course… — Andres Iniesta Copy Share Image
The game's my life and I'm so passionate about it. When you see your life so intertwined with football it can make… — Diego Simeone 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
It's football - fans are passionate about it, and sometimes it's difficult for players to take, but we are good men, and… — Emmanuel Adebayor Copy Share Image
People think that footballers just have a kick around with their mates. If they win, fine; if they don't, that's then fine,… — Dani Alves Copy Share Image
I think medically, football is generally well looked after. There are always checks made. Anything which can be done to make footballers… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
