Quotes About Footballer

If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)

If people want to say I seem too nice to be a footballer, that's good. It's just the way I am.

Let me tell you what it is like playing against Messi. You are up against a footballer who can take the ball either side of you, and you have no idea which side that might be from any hint about his body-shape.

As a footballer, you're stuck in a uniform - either in team kit or a team suit. I don't really get to show my personality in my job, so style is a chance to show people part of me they don't often see.

Any footballer's dream would be to play for Manchester United and to play at Old Trafford. The pitch just has this iconic feeling about it. It's elevated like it's almost a stage for the players, and I always enjoyed that you can kind of just slip right off the edges. Seeing the little nuances of it, you know, it's just special to be there.

History shows that it is incredibly tough for a defender to be named Footballer of the Year because over the course of a year there is normally always a forward who steals the headlines up front.

I live in a bubble. Real life is the one my friends live. They've had to look for work, sign on to the dole, and emigrate. That's normal life now. My life as a footballer is not normal.

But I was just a normal person really. You see, I didn't get it in my head that I was just a professional footballer for Arsenal Football Club.

The myth about me as a footballer has grown: I am now the lost Maradona of Norway.

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

If nerves undo you, then you're unlikely to make it as a top footballer.

If you can have a career as a footballer for 13 years then you're really lucky, but there will probably be plenty of supporters up and down the country saying that I wasn't a top player, to put it kindly. That's for sure.

England have always had individually strong players, and I am a huge fan of Stevie Gerrard, who has the heart of a lion and is the icon of the modern footballer with his ability to attack and defend so well.

Dagenham offered me a two-year opportunity really. It wasn't a pro deal, just a chance to impress. I was sent out on loan straight away. I got a professional contract on the back of that and it wasn't until I started scoring in League Two that I actually realized, 'I'm professional footballer.'

I want to work with kids and help develop them, show them the right way, the right morals and attitude into how to become a better footballer. Australia has many different cultures but I'd like to bring in the indigenous style, bring their competitiveness, athleticism and raw ability into the frame.

It's quite confusing and odd when a footballer, instead of playing, is interested in bringing in players who are his friends.

For me to become a professional footballer, determination was key, on and off the pitch.

An openly gay footballer would be exposed to abusive comments.

When you become a professional footballer, there's no written contract that says you have to strive to play first-team football.

Everybody has struggles in life, and mine was to come out of a tough area in Berlin. It helped me a lot on my way to becoming a professional footballer, to being an idol and a good role model.

It's hard to say you're struggling if you're a professional footballer. Other people have far greater problems.

You need to have dreams, you need to go for it, otherwise why would you be a footballer?

Being outside on the grass is the easy, enjoyable part of being a footballer.

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