Dad Quote by Ainsley Harriott

I was never really too interested in football. It was something that I got dragged around to because my dad was a non-league player…

— Jude Bellingham

By the time I was 10 years old, my entire life was football. Training, reading, watching, even playing football on PlayStation. I was totally…

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

When I was growing up, I knew a lot about football because I saw some of my grown-up siblings watching football on TV and…

— Odion Ighalo

I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.

— Michael Sheen

I was obsessed with the game somewhere deep inside me even as a young boy. I kind of knew that whatever journey I was…

— Angelos Postecoglou

I was determined to become a footballer, not only because I loved the game but so I could provide for my family.

— Naby Keita

There was always football in my family: my dad, big and little brothers, even my mum used to play.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

I loved football as a kid.

— Cain Velasquez

I watched a lot of football when I was younger.

— Matthijs de Ligt

Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.

— Victor Cruz

My whole life has always been football and that only. Since I was six years old, I've only really thought about football. I used…

— Gabriel Jesus

My parents weren't very sporty, and football wasn't part of my everyday life. I was never a massive football fan either, but, like everyone…

— Anonymous