Biggest Quote by Colin Cooper

I had a totally different upbringing, totally different background, raised in Germany, small town, now I am in London taking care of 180 kids…

— Per Mertesacker

Chelsea gave me all the trophies I have as a football player. I saw my kids growing up in London.

— Fernando Torres

I arrived when I was a kid; I was just 17. I would have liked to have played more, but I learned a lot…

— Gerard Pique

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better…

— Frank Lampard

If we are encouraging kids to go into academies, then presumably we are selling them the dream that they can play first-team football.

— Gareth Southgate

It is not my intention to break up teams at local grassroots clubs - but to make sure every kid gets an opportunity to…

— Robbie Savage

It's great to look back at when we used to play in the neighbourhood, seeing mum shouting and also how we grew up playing…

— Wissam Ben Yedder

When some kids get a sniff of the first team at a big club, you see them change. They can become big-time, especially so…

— Peter Crouch

I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three…

— Vinnie Jones

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

— Matt Smith

I spent a lot of time at Weston Super Mare and it played a big part of my development to play men's football on…

— Ollie Watkins

Going to Leicester, suddenly, football was just my living. This was the way I was going to support my family. That is when I…

— Danny Drinkwater