Addiction Quote by Tony Adams

I'm not looking for sympathy. If there's other footballers addicted to gambling, then maybe me speaking about my battle might help them.

— Kyle Lafferty

Football and gambling - two great American addictions working together. What could possibly go wrong?

— Froma Harrop

I am not alone in football in having a problem with gambling.

— Joey Barton

It is customary for columnists to complain about the excesses of Premiership footballers, whenever - as happens regularly - there is an incident involving…

— Matthew Engel

I knew it was against the rules to bet on football, but when you've got an addiction you just want to win that money…

— Kyle Lafferty

Im not ashamed to say Im addicted to football.

— Robbie Savage

I've been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family.

— Gordon Strachan

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there…

— Gordon Taylor

I do think, as crazy as it sounds, that sports is an addiction and that it should be accorded some of the same supports…

— Steve Almond

I think if the FA is truly serious about tackling the culture of gambling in football, it needs to look at its own dependence…

— Joey Barton

I think a lot of times with football players, we're just head down, grinding away, maybe not enjoying it as much as we should.

— Chris Long

I wouldn't call it an addiction. But the truth is, when you join a team as a new professional you encounter a system. As…

— Patrik Sinkewitz