Different path Quote by Aleksandar Mitrovic

My parents wanted me to have a good education, so I finished school, and at the same time I was able to play football.

— Ilkay Gundogan

When I was growing up they didn't want me to do it because my mother was a teacher - they wanted me to go…

— Kelechi Iheanacho

My parents showed me the good way. The education I had with them and my dream to become a footballer never let me go…

— Lucas Moura

When I was a kid, it wasn't expected that I'd end up being able to play football. I remember my parents were told that…

— Alex Brooker

Football, for me, wasn't a foregone conclusion. My parents didn't force me into it, and quite the opposite happened.

— Chris Long

Football had been my life but then it all changed when I was 18.

— Thomas Grennan

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

— Joe Biden

I remember that when I was little, my parents felt that I should study to become a teacher. They thought football was a waste…

— Sadio Mane

If I hadn't wanted to become a footballer, Dad wouldn't have made me do it.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

My mum and dad always encouraged me. They never stopped me from playing football; they just wanted to see a balance and that I…

— Bukayo Saka

I would have liked to behave badly, to play football. I loved sport. But all my family were working for me to succeed.

— Sergei Polunin

I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when my family…

— Gervinho