Determination Quote by Richarlison

I played college basketball. When I first decided I was going to play football, there were a lot of people telling me that I…

— Jimmy Graham

There was one stage in my football career where I thought I wasn't going to make it. We didn't have much money growing up…

— Michail Antonio

I remember that when I was little, my parents felt that I should study to become a teacher. They thought football was a waste…

— Sadio Mane

I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when my family…

— Gervinho

I didn't think of football growing up. This wasn't my career, something I chose. It was something I was picked in.

— Jason Pierre-Paul

When I was growing up they didn't want me to do it because my mother was a teacher - they wanted me to go…

— Kelechi Iheanacho

I always played football as a kid and never really thought about anything else. I always wanted to do that.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

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 think around the age of 16, I knew that I could make it. It wasn't easy, but I knew that I had the…

— Matthijs de Ligt

Some of my friends said I wouldn't have a future in football, as did some of my family, but I still believed in the…

— Richarlison

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

— Kenny Chesney

I was determined to become a footballer, not only because I loved the game but so I could provide for my family.

— Naby Keita