Football Quote by Harry Redknapp

There is still this perception in football about whether people are 'English through and through.' Essentially there is not any such thing without going…

— Eniola Aluko

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better…

— Frank Lampard

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained…

— Steven Pinker

Football is multigenerational. It used to be about fathers taking their sons. Now we're taking our daughters, too.

— Steve Tisch

In all honesty, of course it is lovey that your boys want to play football and can reach a certain level and keep your…

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

The statistics John Wesson has compiled in The Science of Soccer show that Premiership football players are vastly more likely to have been born…

— Daniel Finkelstein

I went to football training when I was five because I think my father thought he had two boys.

— Jodie Whittaker

Football players have to grow up very fast. It's a tough life sometimes.

— Ryan Babel

I do not have a son; if I had a son, I wouldn't necessarily discourage him from playing football, but I don't know that…

— Troy Aikman

A lot of kids, when they get to 18 or 19, they start getting flashy and forgetting about the real basics of being a professional footballer.

— Reiss Nelson

I'm a former player, I've got a bunch of friends that I played with over the years and I've seen the toll that playing…

— Oliver Luck

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.

— Patricia Heaton