Football Quote by Per Mertesacker

I grew up with a lot of footballers.

— Brett Goldstein

I grew up in a place where there weren't many opportunities if you didn't become a footballer.

— Carlos Tevez

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better…

— Frank Lampard

I always wanted to better myself as a young lad growing up in Northern Ireland and kept believing that I could make it as…

— Stuart Dallas

Like any working-class boy growing up in north London, I wanted to be a footballer.

— Martin Kemp

I'm very fortunate to have worked at two unbelievable clubs, Manchester City and Barcelona, and I feel like I've really changed the way I…

— Toni Duggan

Football has always been in my blood. It's more than just an occupation, but as you get a little bit older and wiser, you…

— David Moyes

The lads I played football with on the street when I was a kid in Cardiff were as good as me, and in many…

— Craig Bellamy

I think every child in my town wants to be a football player.

— Paulo Gazzaniga

I started my career in an era when footballers were different. There was a different culture.

— Gareth Barry

Going to Leicester, suddenly, football was just my living. This was the way I was going to support my family. That is when I…

— Danny Drinkwater

I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.

— Paul Pogba