Boots Quote by David Villa

I started playing football in the streets.

— Fabio Cannavaro

I started playing football in Abidjan, my African town, without even having shoes on my feet.

— Gervinho

I began playing football on the streets.

— Gabriel Jesus

When I was young we went for a tournament and I was playing in the tournament barefoot. I won my first boots there and…

— Victor Wanyama

It's difficult when you start to play football. My boots were much worse.

— Willian

I used to play football on the streets, kicking breadfruits or oranges.

— Dwight Yorke

We didn't have football boots, and we used a broken tennis ball instead of a football. I didn't use a proper ball until I…

— Carlos Tevez

I was a kid who only played football barefoot on the streets of Sao Goncalo, close to poverty and crime.

— Vinicius Junior

I grew up on a farm playing backyard footie in my bare feet.

— Beauden Barrett

My parents knew there was no point in pushing the football thing. I hated the boots.

— Matthew Williamson

I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots…

— Yaya Toure

I remember I'd be playing in the streets with friends, sometimes barefooted. I'd come home with sore feet, but wanting to do the same…

— Thiago Silva