Easy Quote by Philippe Coutinho

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

— Carlos Tevez

The beginning of a career is hard for many players, often because of the ordinary day-to-day problems that football and life bring.

— Cafu

A lot of kids, when they get to 18 or 19, they start getting flashy and forgetting about the real basics of being a professional footballer.

— Reiss Nelson

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

A lot of youngsters want to be footballers and a lot dont make it. It is very difficult but if your education is good…

— Nicolas Anelka

As a young kid, you never really understand what it takes to be a footballer: what it's like after you've won or what the…

— Nikita Parris

It's not easy to be a footballer.

— Teemu Pukki

When you get into the first-team, it's hard for young players because they're going into the spotlight. But there comes a time when it…

— Scott McTominay

There are times in the career of every young English footballer when they simply need to take their chance to establish themselves.

— Paul Scholes

I was always clear in my mind what I wanted to do. Becoming a footballer is a dream that is unattainable for most people.…

— Aymeric Laporte

Like I've always said, there's a lot that goes into being a football player that isn't the playbook and being on the field, but…

— Devin McCourty

The message to the young players is that hard work and dedication is everything. As a footballer, or anything in life, if you're dedicated…

— Alphonso Davies