Playing in a big tournament is one of the biggest things for a professional footballer. — Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you are a professional footballer, you have to deal with tough decisions. — Adam Lallana Copy Share Image
For me to become a professional footballer, determination was key, on and off the pitch. — Michail Antonio 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
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
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
But I was just a normal person really. You see, I didn't get it in my head that I was just a… — Paul Merson Copy Share Image
Even in school, when they asked us what we wanted to be, I wrote, 'A professional footballer.' — Wendie Renard Copy Share Image
I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional… — Paul Pogba Copy Share Image
I always wanted to better myself as a young lad growing up in Northern Ireland and kept believing that I could make… — Stuart Dallas Copy Share Image
You want to achieve the most you can in the short period you have in your career as a professional footballer. — Gary Cahill Copy Share Image
If you want to be a professional footballer, you have to respect your profession. You have to respect the people that are… — Emmanuel Petit Copy Share Image
I am a professional footballer, and it's a game where the coach decides where you can be most beneficial for the team.… — Anthony Martial Copy Share Image
My dad was a professional footballer before I was alive. When I was growing up, he was the one who coached and… — Daniel Sturridge Copy Share Image
Dagenham offered me a two-year opportunity really. It wasn't a pro deal, just a chance to impress. I was sent out on… — Dwight Gayle 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 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
As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to… — Gareth Bale Copy Share Image
I have genuine empathy for the fact that if you're a professional footballer, you've often started at three years old, you've been… — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer. — Romelu Lukaku Copy Share Image
I played for West Ham juniors and thought I'd become a professional footballer. — David Essex Copy Share Image
I'm a professional footballer and, to me, playing regularly is the most important thing; money is secondary. — Kolo Toure Copy Share Image
It's hard to say you're struggling if you're a professional footballer. Other people have far greater problems. — Carlos Tevez Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a boy, I have wanted to be a professional footballer and to captain my country one day. — Aaron Ramsey Copy Share Image
Every professional footballer should seek to play at least one game at Celtic Park. I have never felt anything like it. — Paolo Maldini Copy Share Image
I am different as soon as I am on the pitch, because I had to fight so much and work so hard… — Sadio Mane Copy Share Image
If there is ever one thing you learn as a professional footballer, you have a lot of critics and you have the… — Glenn Murray Copy Share Image
You don't get everything your own way when you are a professional footballer, and neither should you expect to. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one. — Glenn Murray 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
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
I started with Paul Le Guen. He told me to double up in positions if he was missing a left back or… — Karim Benzema Copy Share Image
I'm very aware that you lead a very peculiar existence as a professional footballer, being flown everywhere first-class and never having to… — Peter Crouch Copy Share Image
