Bottom Quote by Frank Lampard

I was on the football team because I wanted to experience the different iconic social classes of high school. So football for me was…

— Reggie Watts

Part of the reason that I wanted to become a footballer was to help my family and friends financially so that was one of…

— Abdoulaye Doucoure

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.

— Jack O'Connell

I thought I was great at football. For a long time I thought I could have been a professional if I'd wanted to.

— David Baddiel

I was so fully involved in football and building a career that I didn't spend nearly enough time with my son when he was…

— Roy Hodgson

I wanted to be part of a football team as a tough guy. That attitude just kind of always stuck with me.

— Blake Bortles

I actually got better grades during football season, when I had no time, because I had to bear down and work a little harder.

— Dean Cain

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

Even when I was on the football pitch as a teenager, I wanted to be the teacher.

— Massimiliano Allegri

I probably never should have been a professional football player, based on my start! But I worked my way and, obviously, didn't finish the…

— Owen Hargreaves

Some of my friends said I wouldn't have a future in football, as did some of my family, but I still believed in the…

— Richarlison

I was determined to become a footballer, not only because I loved the game but so I could provide for my family.

— Naby Keita