Ability Quote by Matthijs de Ligt

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

From the age of seven, I knew I wanted to play football - I didn't think about it in a professional sense in terms…

— Nikita Parris

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

I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved…

— Jim Kelly

I love football and played when I was a little kid. I was good but I'm not sure I was good enough to be…

— Marcos Maidana

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

If you want to become a professional football player at any level, when you're growing up, you have to make sacrifices, and it's very…

— Chris Coleman

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

— Romelu Lukaku

I always watched professional football and my father played at an amateur level, but I didn't think I wanted to become a pro.

— Jaap Stam

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

— Paolo Maldini

I probably realized when I was maybe 13 years of age that I could make a living out of playing professional sport and from…

— Israel Folau

I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we…

— Edin Dzeko