Exception Quote by Karren Brady

Footballers wives are like leeches, feeding off their partners success. I don't want to be a footballer's wife.

— Jamelia

I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives…

— Gabrielle Union

There are hundreds and hundreds of women who are married to footballers, and we get to see a very small handful of them. They…

— Louise Nurding

Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.

— Abbey Clancy

I think it's important that we try to showcase what we're about as women footballers.

— Steph Houghton

I don't call myself a women's footballer; I say I'm a footballer.

— Lucy Bronze

I did 'Footballer's Wives' for two-and-a-half seasons and I asked to be written out.

— Laila Rouass

If you're a footballer, your club should be able to help you with medical needs, and that's where the women's game gets a lack…

— Millie Bright

I'm not saying you have to be married to be a good footballer. I'm just saying it felt strange to come to a club…

— Gordon Strachan

We footballers don't address one another as 'My dear.'

— Karim Benzema

It's football - fans are passionate about it, and sometimes it's difficult for players to take, but we are good men, and we all…

— Emmanuel Adebayor

I can't really see women in football, I don't like to say it but that's how it is.

— Gennaro Gattuso