Boots Quote by Matthew Williamson

It's difficult when you start to play football. My boots were much worse.

— Willian

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

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

I started out playing football in the streets, playing barefoot like all the boys there - we didn't have the money for football boots.

— David Villa

When I was a kid, it wasn't expected that I'd end up being able to play football. I remember my parents were told that…

— Alex Brooker

I could have gone down a very different path, but my parents would not let me give up football.

— Aleksandar Mitrovic

I remember going home one day and telling my brother that I was going to give up football because I was 17 and was…

— Michail Antonio

To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football.

— Thierry Henry

When I was going off to training and matches at Arsenal, my mum wouldn't be on the side cheering me on: she'd be working…

— Alex Scott

For sure, my parents knew what I had to eat and how to prepare for training sessions and what behaviour was needed in order…

— Leroy Sane

I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots…

— Yaya Toure

In Africa, in general, when a lot of young boys start playing football they don't start with boots.

— Victor Wanyama