Even Quote by Gervinho

I started out playing football in the streets, playing barefoot like all the boys there - we didn't have the money for football boots.

— David Villa

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 think a lot of great players in Africa started with bare feet.

— Victor Wanyama

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

— Beauden Barrett

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

— Vinicius Junior

In Africa, in general, when a lot of young boys start playing football they don't start with boots.

— Victor Wanyama

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

I started playing football in the streets.

— Fabio Cannavaro

I was one of those athletic African players.

— Masai Ujiri

There's something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing a shoe…

— Kehinde Wiley

I began playing football on the streets.

— Gabriel Jesus

It was a tough moment for me when I was in Senegal, especially when I was young. I was born in a village, I…

— Sadio Mane