Ball player Quote by Jonathan Vilma

There's always been a nasty strain of class prejudice ingrained in the condemnation of football's 'undeserving rich,' as if the working class is uniquely…

— Mark Fisher

I think that there's still a lot of prejudice going on. I don't really think it's only an issue of football. I think football…

— Clarence Seedorf

The fact of the matter is that people don't understand that football players are regular people just like them. And half of them don't…

— Ed Reed

Talking about success in society, no one can complain, because today everyone can choose what he or she wants. They don't just have to…

— Odd Nerdrum

Football players are misunderstood. They arent the dumb jocks people think they are.

— Simone Elkeles

I was totally into football, totally into mainstream sports my whole life...The media has tried to categorize me, call me a hippie, call me…

— Gabe Jennings

When people hear a footballer speaking, they can think about it and maybe even reconsider the prejudices they have.

— Fred

Just like in everything else, there are people in football who you don't particularly like.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

You have different sorts of people in life, so why should it be any different in football?

— Andres Iniesta

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

— Frank Lampard

Football players are misunderstood. They aren't the dumb jocks people think they are.

— Simone Elkeles

Most of the youngsters I grew up playing with do not have a career in the game now. Sometimes people think it is easy…

— Philippe Coutinho