City Quote by Kelechi Iheanacho

I played for Middlesbrough's youth team. At the age of 16, I went into a shed at the training ground and was told that…

— Bob Mortimer

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a football player. So I achieved my dream.

— Paolo Maldini

I was a young boy from Western Australia with a dream to play professional football.

— Mile Jedinak

Many clubs rejected me, but I wanted to be a footballer and to learn as quickly as possible, so I persisted until I got…

— Antoine Griezmann

When I was young, all I wanted to do was play football.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

Coming from losing my dream of playing professional football, not having a college degree at the time and looking to jump into the business…

— Lewis Howes

When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium…

— Andriy Shevchenko

Since I was five or six years old, I just wanted to be a professional football player. I wanted to play against the best…

— Chris Coleman

When I was seven, my father took me to a school called 3 de Noviembre football club. It all started there. I honed my…

— Miguel Almiron

I started playing with my dad, and football was my dream forever. Step by step, I learnt a lot. I worked really hard, and…

— Robert Pires

When I was younger, I wanted very much to play football.

— Andris Nelsons

I was probably 13 or 14 when I realised I had a chance to make it. That's when I realised that a bit of…

— Trent Alexander-Arnold