Brother Quote by Steve Clarke

Physically I was not strong enough to play at Celtic and I know myself it was not my best time as a football player,…

— Teemu Pukki

I was an 18-year-old lad playing in a Scottish League Cup final at Hampden in front of 60,000 against Celtic. That's an experience I…

— James Maddison

Sometimes I played as a goalkeeper with my brother and his friends - they were all older, and nobody wanted to go in goal,…

— Carles Puyol

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came…

— Willie Mays

I was five when my uncle, who also coached my brother, took me to the local pitches. That's where my passion for goalkeeping began.

— Gianluigi Donnarumma

When I first came to Chelsea, I couldn't kick the ball, and it was pointless, me playing, really. But I tried to play through…

— Ashley Cole

I started when I was eight years old, I was playing football at a club, before that it was a kick about with friends.

— Andreas Pereira

Playing with my brother, that's the only thing I didn't get to do in football.

— Martellus Bennett

My dad being a player. I was never that quick as a kid, so I had to get quicker. I trained hard. I was…

— Frank Lampard

I started playing in goal because I 'struggled to run as fast as the strikers and the other players out there. I was 10…

— Ederson

I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the…

— Brandi Chastain

When I was eight, I went into a football school in my neighbourhood, and we played five a side on a little court.

— David Villa