Anything Quote by Jay-Jay Okocha

My father and uncles all encouraged me to play football: every present I ever got would be boots, kit, or a new ball, and…

— Fernandinho

My mother gave me a ball, and from then on, there was only football in my life.

— Gabriel Jesus

We didn't have football boots, and we used a broken tennis ball instead of a football. I didn't use a proper ball until I…

— Carlos Tevez

I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the…

— Brandi Chastain

I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

— Katharine Whitehorn

I played football ever since I was a little boy. Coming from a family of six boys, I guess we learned the game of…

— Jim Kelly

My memories from childhood always involve a football.

— Carles Puyol

I always played football as a kid and never really thought about anything else. I always wanted to do that.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

My brother took me to my first football match when I was five, and I quickly acquired a passion for it: once you've walked…

— Lexi Alexander

As long as I can remember, I've always kicked a ball.

— Troy Deeney

I realized at a very young age that I had a gift to do special things with the ball.

— Jay-Jay Okocha

As a kid, a ball was always by my feet. I didn't have any other passion. It was only football, and the sacrifices made…

— Miguel Almiron