Blue Quote by James Ward-Prowse

I felt like I played in a very tough football game with no hitting above the waist.

— Alan Page

When I was young my father used to play. He always took me to the training ground.

— Thomas Partey

It's lucky I haven't been in a bad tackle. I could be prepared, but if my body gets wrenched in the wrong way, I…

— Becky Sauerbrunn

I'm not scared of tough tacklers.

— Gabriel Jesus

I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist.

— Alan Page

I got to play first-team men's football from a young age.

— James Maddison

I was embarrassed to be seen in my football tracksuit because they knew I'd been training. I used to cross the road to avoid…

— Toni Duggan

When I was a winger, I hated being tackled!

— Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Even when I was down in the fourth division with Bury at 19, fighting off relegation, training in a local park with dogs running…

— Kasper Schmeichel

I went to all of Dad's football games. As I got older, I got involved. He taught me everything I know about playing it.

— Montaigne

My mom didn't let me play tackle until I was in high school. She didn't want me to get hurt.

— Nick Ferguson

Football is so barbaric. Sometimes I wonder what I was thinking by playing it. I feel almost like I escaped from boot camp.

— Brian Bosworth