Empathy Quote by Brett Goldstein

A lot of kids, when they get to 18 or 19, they start getting flashy and forgetting about the real basics of being a professional footballer.

— Reiss Nelson

I do think there is a responsibility for myself as being a senior professional footballer to be able to pass on my experiences to…

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

The message to the young players is that hard work and dedication is everything. As a footballer, or anything in life, if you're dedicated…

— Alphonso Davies

I arrived in the Premier League late at 29 years old - you still have to live 50 years after football. You do your…

— Jose Fonte

At 36 years old I can look back on a long and wonderful time in professional football, which I could never have dreamed of…

— Michael Ballack

So many kids want to be football players, and to still feel like I'm living the dream at 37 is amazing.

— Peter Crouch

I want people not to be surprised when I say I'm a professional footballer, especially for younger girls, looking up and realising that it…

— Leah Williamson

As a young kid, you never really understand what it takes to be a footballer: what it's like after you've won or what the…

— Nikita Parris

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

— Romelu Lukaku

Most of the youngsters I grew up playing with do not have a career in the game now. Sometimes people think it is easy…

— Philippe Coutinho

By training with some of the world's finest footballers and manager, I feel I have matured in all areas - mentally, physically, and technically.

— Park Ji-sung

If you want to become a professional football player at any level, when you're growing up, you have to make sacrifices, and it's very…

— Chris Coleman