Become Quote by Trent Alexander-Arnold

When I was seven I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it's…

— David Beckham

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

— Romelu Lukaku

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

When you're young, you don't think about what you want to be. I was just playing football because I had fun and enjoyed it.…

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local…

— Gary Neville

I probably realized when I was maybe 13 years of age that I could make a living out of playing professional sport and from…

— Israel Folau

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

— Naby Keita

I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.

— Paul Pogba

When I was growing up, all my friends at school wanted to be the world's best soccer player. I wanted to be that, too,…

— Viktor Hovland

From the age of seven, I knew I wanted to play football - I didn't think about it in a professional sense in terms…

— Nikita Parris

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a football player. So I achieved my dream.

— Paolo Maldini