Bad Quote by Eniola Aluko

The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan.

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

Money and all the trappings of being a footballer mean nothing unless you have your health and fitness.

— Victor Wanyama

To be honest, football is my main goal. I never really had a backup plan.

— Ha Ha Clinton-Dix

You set out to be a footballer, when you're young, and you think I'd love to do that. There's plenty of things along the…

— Michael Carrick

If there is something I would go back and change it would have been to have lined up some other interest outside to go…

— Wayne Bridge

Off the pitch I've always believed it is healthy to switch off from football and have completely different interests too.

— Eniola Aluko

I've always wanted to be a footballer, and I've always believed that's the path I was going to go down.

— Harry Kane

I think a football career should be used as a stepping stone to something better - not as an end in Itself.

— George Blanda

It's always good to get back to football.

— Devin McCourty

I'm not even thinking about going back to play football at all. My mind's made up. I'm done.

— Keyshawn Johnson

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

When I started, when I was eight, I never thought I would make a career out of being a woman footballer.

— Alex Scott