Footballer Quotations

I would have loved to have been a footballer like my great uncle Matt Busby, but I knew quite early on that I wasn't going to make the grade. Luckily I was told by the age of 13 that I wasn't good enough. That's not a bad thing. You see this 'X Factor' generation of kids now who don't accept that they're not good enough.

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

Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.

To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

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.

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

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

As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.

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

Even as a footballer, I was always being creative.

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

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

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

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

We have reached saturation point commercially in Scotland and Ireland, which are our core markets, and we have to look at other areas, ... First and foremost, Du Wei is here as a footballer whom Gordon Strachan feels has great potential. If we can piggy-back on to that and get commercial benefits from it, all the better. The Chinese market is potentially even more lucrative than the Japanese one and we are already looking at a tour next year taking in both Shanghai and Japan.

Les Ferdinand was a player we spoke to. Though he still trains every day, he has a lot of media work going on and is not able to make a commitment. He has nothing to prove as a footballer - his future is in the media and we respect that. Hopefully this shows we are not scared to speak to anyone.

Phil is a quality footballer who will, I feel certain, improve and enhance the squad we are putting together here. We have staved off a great deal of competition to get him.

I'd kick my own brother if necessary... it's what being a professional footballer is all about.

I felt like a race horse in a world without racetracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a business suit, his days of glory shrunk to a little gold cup on his mantel with a date engraved on it like a date on a tombstone.

If Archer is the prototype of the player he (Brown) wants to be, he should know that 'Arch' was in trouble every second week when he was a youngster. But he learned how to turn himself into the most respected, aggressive footballer the game has seen for quite some time,

He was the equal of anyone I ever saw play. I knew I was playing with a footballer and an athlete.

He is better than just making a nuisance of himself. That's unfair, because he is a genuinely good footballer

He is a good footballer and a winner. He can help bring a team on otherwise he would not be playing for Barcelona and the Dutch national team.

He enjoys the game and that is the only thing that you can know about him at the moment, ... If he really wants to be a footballer than he will know how to handle all the pressures there will be for him.

He does more work for charity than any other footballer I know.

He's a very good footballer and he's still a developing footballer so there's no doubt he'll keep improving throughout this year, and I would expect over the next year as well.

I was disappointed it wasn't reported that I said Rio Ferdinand was the best defender in the world and that Wayne Rooney was the best footballer in the world.

Michael is a talented footballer and a great lad who I know will fit in well here. He will add a new dimension to the midfield, which will improve our options and add a much-needed strength and depth to the squad.

Yeah, but that's what happens here, ... If a footballer has marital difficulties, he gets a bit of stick

This was a great victory. Football is like that and, in the end, the footballer with talent and quality is the one that makes the difference.

This was a great victory, ... Football is like that and, in the end, the footballer with talent and quality is the one that makes the difference.

The players are stunned because this is the worst thing that can happen to a footballer in his career. There will be scars for life.

The reasons for calling it a day were more rational. As a footballer it is not just about the playing a match, that was the easy bit.

Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full - you want to win games, and as a result, trophies.

Every young footballer can remember watching their hero play and wanting to emulate them on the park or the school playground, ... I'd now like to see the chairmen of all football clubs back the football authorities in their desire to clean up the game.

I've made plenty of mistakes, I know I have, and during my time as a footballer things have changed so that the spotlight is now even more intense.

Originally, I wanted a pop career and formed a girl-band 'Genie Queen' managed by Andy McClusky from 'Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark', but it didn't work out. My brother John is the talented singer and song-writer with 'The Razz,' while my other brother Sean is a footballer for Telford United.

Notwithstanding Steve Rogers's pure qualities as a footballer he will be remembered as much for the way he played the game - always cleanly and fairly and in the true spirit of sportsmanship.

Notwithstanding Steve Rogers' pure qualities as a footballer he will be remembered as much for the way he played the game - always cleanly and fairly and in the true spirit of sportsmanship.

This (decision) sends entirely the wrong message. English football have lost the message that a footballer is an employee, it is more like the master and servant of centuries ago,

It's a film about the pull of the past and the fact that whether you're a rehabilitating heroin addict or an ageing rugby league footballer or even a criminal kingpin, you have to let go of the past in order to live the present,

It's true I spoke with him after the game and it's true that he was unhappy about not playing, ... As a former footballer myself that is something I understand completely and that is all I can say about the matter.

It's like a footballer from a working class background; they're given all this money and fast cars and it goes to their heads a wee bit and I think it went to my head a wee bit.

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

I'm a working class lad. So at 25, and with no-one in our family having any theatrical inclination, when I said, 'I'm going to scratch all that and become an actor,' I may as well have said I was going to be a Premiership footballer for the chance I'd have.

If you play for Celtic or Rangers, there is a certain responsibility. If you are a footballer full stop, you have a certain responsibility. You have to be disciplined. It's okay being angry, but you must be focused and you just keep trying to work on that. There is a thin dividing line between being a competitor and going over that.

I really hope Luke takes the option up because he is the most professional footballer I've come across. His value to the club is enormous.

But I'm a professional footballer above all else and I want to finish my career on a high with another big club. Opportunities like this don't come along very often and, after giving it serious thought over whether I should make the move or not, I decided it was a challenge I wanted to take.

I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer.

I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.

It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.

The street is the best way to become a good footballer.

If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.

Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.

If I wasn't a footballer, I would be a virgin

Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been a virgin.

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

You can't put a figure on his impact but there is no doubt having big-name players makes an impact and he's the most famous footballer in the world.