Family Quote by Gervinho

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

— Declan Rice

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

If I wasn't a footballer, I don't know what I would have been. But that was through sheer determination, a good family and lots…

— Dion Dublin

I was always clear in my mind what I wanted to do. Becoming a footballer is a dream that is unattainable for most people.…

— Aymeric Laporte

I'd have loved to have been a footballer. I was always playing football and I enjoyed it much more than tennis to begin with.…

— Andy Murray

If I hadn't wanted to become a footballer, Dad wouldn't have made me do it.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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 wasn't good at school, so I wouldn't have gone to university. I'm so grateful for football, and I don't know where I would…

— Karen Carney

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

— Naby Keita

It's difficult to say what I would be doing if I wasn't a footballer, but I probably would have sold coal like my father.…

— Angel Di Maria

Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been a virgin.

— Peter Crouch

I always wanted to be a footballer; I always wanted to play. I was born to be a footballer.

— Alexis Sanchez