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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.

Quotes by Zoe Foster Blake

I'm very satisfied to close my time as footballer.

Quotes by Xabi Alonso

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.

Quotes by Walter Smith

I have always believed in myself. As a footballer, it is essential to have that belief.

Quotes by Victor Moses

I struggle to see myself as Tyrone Mings the Ipswich footballer. I’m just Tyrone from Chippenham.

Quotes by Tyrone Mings

I became a professional footballer because I love football.

Quotes by Thomas Muller

It's not easy to be a footballer.

Quotes by Teemu Pukki

I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry.

Quotes by Steven Gerrard

I'm very privileged to be a professional footballer, and I want to encourage more young girls to play.

Quotes by Steph Houghton

In any footballer's head there comes a point where he recognises that he needs to be playing more games.

Quotes by Shaun Wright-Phillips

I was born in a village where there had never been a footballer who'd made it in the major championships.

Quotes by Sadio Mane

As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.

Quotes by Ryan Giggs

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.

Quotes by Ruud van Nistelrooy

I'm still a fanatical fan of Porto, and I always will be, but a footballer's career is short, and I have to make the most of all the opportunities that I get.

Quotes by Ruben Neves

Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.

Quotes by Ronaldo

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

Quotes by Romelu Lukaku

Every footballer wants to play. No one is happy when they are not playing.

Quotes by Radamel Falcao

As a young footballer at United, Steve Bruce was one of the senior pros I really admired.

Quotes by Paul Scholes

I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer.

Quotes by Paul Gascoigne

I was very well received by Dortmund, by the whole club. I felt a lot of love; a footballer is stronger when he has confidence.

Quotes by Michy Batshuayi

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

Quotes by Michael Owen

I could have been a professional footballer and trialled with Blackburn Rovers. But I snapped my cruciate ligaments, an injury that has dogged me ever since.

Quotes by Maurice Flanagan

I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.

Quotes by Matt Smith

I promised my mother that I'd be a famous footballer one day after seeing players such as Croatia's Davor Suker and Serbia's Predrag Mijatovic shine in France.

Quotes by Marko Arnautovic

A World Cup in Brazil is the greatest event in which a footballer can play.

Quotes by Mario Gomez

Zidane told me that since Messi, he had never seen a left foot like mine. I was a little impressed, because Messi is a piece of a footballer.

Quotes by Marco Asensio

It was very hard for me as a kid to get through as a footballer in Uruguay.

Quotes by Luis Suarez

I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.

Quotes by Luis Suarez

I don't call myself a women's footballer; I say I'm a footballer.

Quotes by Lucy Bronze

It's impossible to imagine doing anything else because I always had in my head that I would be a footballer.

Quotes by Lucas Moura

Beyond being a footballer, I am a citizen.

Quotes by Lucas Moura

I was born in Germany, grew up in Germany, and when I was becoming a professional footballer, I felt like a German.

Quotes by Leroy Sane

Yes, I am the best footballer in the world.

Quotes by Kevin-Prince Boateng

In my opinion, there is no better place to be for a footballer than Liverpool.

Quotes by Jordan Henderson

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else.

Quotes by John B. Keane

The kudos and hierarchy of playing in the Premier League for a footballer is huge.

Quotes by Javier Mascherano

I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.

Quotes by Jamie Redknapp

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

Quotes by Jamie Redknapp

At a club like City, there are things in the papers and talk all the time. Ever since I've been a footballer, I have coped with that.

Quotes by James Milner

Every footballer wants to play in big games, in front of full houses, live on the telly.

Quotes by James Maddison

I'm a footballer; I want a football club.

Quotes by Jack Rodwell

My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

Quotes by Hima Das

Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.

Quotes by Hima Das

I don't believe that there's a footballer out there that only thinks about football.

Quotes by Hector Bellerin

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.

Quotes by Gordon Ramsay

I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one.

Quotes by Glenn Murray

The dream of every footballer and why we train and work is to reach the top, and a World Cup is the top.

Quotes by Giovani Dos Santos

Maybe I'm the only footballer who isn't interested in cars. My Lancia Y gets me around.

Quotes by Gianluigi Buffon

I always said in my career as a footballer, I owe everything to Newell's. But as a coach, I owe everything to Paraguay.

Quotes by Gerardo Martino

Of course I would have liked to have played at the World Cup, but I achieved so much in my career as a footballer that I can't have any complaints.

Quotes by George Weah

I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'

Quotes by George Best

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him.

Quotes by Gary Lineker

That's the buzz you want as a footballer - to perform well in the big high-profile games.

Quotes by Gary Cahill

It would not be honest if I did a review, because I've worked with Leo Messi, whom I consider the best player I've seen. I cannot comment or compare with Cristiano Ronaldo because I have not worked with him. That is not to say that I do not have as much respect for Cristiano as a footballer.

Quotes by Frank Rijkaard

When I was a teenager, my idol was the Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff. He's the only person I've ever asked for an autograph.

Quotes by Ferran Adria

Even as a footballer, I was always being creative.

Quotes by Eric Cantona

Jaap Stam is a man-mountain of a footballer.

Quotes by Edgar Davids

I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

Quotes by Dylan Moran

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.

Quotes by Diego Della Valle

Having a stadium in France named after a footballer from the Ivory Coast, even if I'm proud of my France-Ivory Coast background, is a great proof of integration.

Quotes by Didier Drogba

When I retired in 2006, I stayed for a further two years in England. I stayed because I wanted to be in England without being a footballer, without the rhythm. I wanted to enjoy the city.

Quotes by Dennis Bergkamp

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

Quotes by Declan Rice

As a young Scottish footballer growing up - I always used to follow Scotland and watch the games - Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness, and Joe Jordan were players I looked up to.

Quotes by David Moyes

I was a footballer for a long, long time.

Quotes by David Moyes

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

Quotes by Dani Alves

Behind the footballer, there is a human being.

Quotes by Dani Alves

Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.

Quotes by Craig Johnston

I want to be a footballer - and that means playing on a Saturday afternoon.

Quotes by Charlie Adam

I grew up in a place where there weren't many opportunities if you didn't become a footballer.

Quotes by Carlos Tevez

Mark Hughes really believes in me, he makes me feel as though I'm a great footballer.

Quotes by Bojan Krkic

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.

Quotes by Bobby Charlton

Maybe I was an even better cricketer than a footballer.

Quotes by Ben Chilwell

I thought I was going to be a footballer or a boxer or something like that - I was into sports.

Quotes by Barry Keoghan

The Champions League is probably the biggest goal a footballer can have.

Quotes by Aymeric Laporte

I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.

Quotes by Ashley Young

Only being able to watch is the hardest thing for any footballer.

Quotes by Arjen Robben

Many clubs rejected me, but I wanted to be a footballer and to learn as quickly as possible, so I persisted until I got into Real Sociedad when I was 13.

Quotes by Antoine Griezmann

There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'

Quotes by Andres Iniesta

My two years at Juve were fantastic. I was just a lad when I arrived, and I was a real footballer when I left.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

If a footballer is well motivated and has various things to motivate him every day, he will keep achieving his goals.

Quotes by Alexis Sanchez

I always wanted to be a footballer; I always wanted to play. I was born to be a footballer.

Quotes by Alexis Sanchez

My dream was always to be a footballer and help my family.

Quotes by Alexis Sanchez

If a footballer goes on the pitch with the right mentality, he will perform well.

Quotes by Alexis Sanchez

Everyone in the Premier League feels pressure to get results. It is part of being a footballer.

Quotes by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

If I hadn't wanted to become a footballer, Dad wouldn't have made me do it.

Quotes by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

As a footballer, you want to play every game.

Quotes by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

When I started, when I was eight, I never thought I would make a career out of being a woman footballer.

Quotes by Alex Scott

I see my uncle as an idol, someone I have always looked up to as a footballer.

Quotes by Alex Iwobi

You go to a lot of cities they've got these great big footballer's houses. There's not many in Stoke-on-Trent.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

A footballer who says they don't want to start games is in the wrong job.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

All I have ever wanted to do is be a professional footballer.

Quotes by Aaron Ramsey

It's unbelievable what the rewards are like with being a footballer, but I'm not stupid - I don't go around flaunting it.

Quotes by Aaron Ramsey

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