Ball player Quote by Rex Ryan

If I hadn't wanted to become a footballer, Dad wouldn't have made me do it.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

My father wanted me to be a professional. It was always about football.

— Thomas Partey

Dad took me to football but there was never any sense I would follow him.

— James Ward-Prowse

Being a dad is more important than football

— David Beckham

The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion…

— Shakira

My dad was able to give me everything through football.

— Chris Long

We definitely have a football mentality. My dad was a football player also, so just growing up, that's how it was.

— Dan Gronkowski

I attribute my entire football career, as far as getting me started, getting me interested, keeping me that way was my father. He went…

— Bob Lilly

My dad was a professional footballer before I was alive. When I was growing up, he was the one who coached and mentored me…

— Daniel Sturridge

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

— Wayne Rooney

I don't know if my perspective is different because my dad played but I've always admired footballers: second division players, second division B players.

— Ander Herrera

My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, "It takes a…

— Bill Cosby