Game Quote by Roger Staubach

I want players to think: 'OK, this has happened now, what is next for me?' That's a very big target because what are academies…

— Per Mertesacker

In the academy, people say: 'I have to be focused only on football.' Here in the United States, it is something different as when…

— Blaise Matuidi

The amount of staff we have in academies is... I've never seen anything like it. It's good to take care of the players but…

— Per Mertesacker

If we are encouraging kids to go into academies, then presumably we are selling them the dream that they can play first-team football.

— Gareth Southgate

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

— Neville Marriner

I think that when you sort of look at what's gone on where players are familiar with each other - it starts in high…

— Tom Thibodeau

When I was in the academy I might have done a little trick here or there or a step-over, but as you get older…

— Mason Mount

One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness.

— Ara Parseghian

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.

— Oscar Robertson

It's been so difficult to go from playing every game then get to the seniors and not be given a chance. It's really difficult…

— Ruben Loftus-Cheek

You know, when you grow up through the Academy, you don't necessarily think about 300 games later into your career. You're only thinking, 'I'm…

— James Ward-Prowse

If you're at an academy you don't know anything else other than having everything at your feet. Having to work hard to make it,…

— Ashley Barnes