Quotes About Footballer

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.

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

I went to Japan to experience a new culture, and I would recommend that any footballer does that. But the main reason I went was to play football.

When people hear a footballer speaking, they can think about it and maybe even reconsider the prejudices they have.

I'm a street footballer. I'm hardcore. Growing up in east London, you've got to be a little bit self-confident. As a player, I would go into detail, watch who I was playing against. Who might come into my vicinity. That gives you self-confidence.

My father was a footballer. I used to play a lot as a kid, but not like a team or something, just with my family having fun. It makes your legs stronger and helps your co-ordination.

To score in the World Cup final is not a small story, of course. Every footballer dreams of it: first to become a world champion and then, even better, to score in the final. This happened to me, and I'm glad.

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.

Messi is the best player in the world. If he's not already, he'll be the best footballer of all time.

If you're a footballer, your club should be able to help you with medical needs, and that's where the women's game gets a lack of respect. It doesn't reflect well on women's football at all.

But the concept that it's important to understand the individual and the person, as well as the footballer, is a helpful concept, regardless of the competition.

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.

To play along alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, or Franck Ribery is an honour for any footballer.

I found it difficult when I first started to travel around the world as a footballer. Hotels go from places you are excited to stay in to places you get tired of pretty quickly.

Congratulations to Thierry Henry on a truly wonderful career. One of the great footballers of our time and a top bloke. Bonne chance.

When Carlisle released me, I felt as though the dream of being a footballer was over.

I'll relish playing at Wembley in a major cup final. It's a great achievement for me, and it's why I became a footballer, because I want to win medals.

When you are a talented footballer you rely on your abilities to win games. You use your skills without thinking. But in management that doesn't work.

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

As a footballer, it can be enjoyable to do a proper interview where you trust the journalist to reproduce your thoughts.

Being confident is a really important part of being a footballer. I know my own ability and what I can achieve.

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

Technology is playing an increasingly important role in the life of a footballer, and I guess that is true across most sports now.

I know that I don't look like a footballer but I've always enjoyed working out and I've always been bigger than most people out there. I come from big stock. If you see my brothers and me together, we look like a wrestling tag team trio.