Quotes About Success

As a footballer, everything you've achieved can easily be lost, and then you are nobody. That's just how life is, and that's why you shouldn't let things get you down. That's the reason I treat every match like a final.

I was extremely competitive, so for me becoming a footballer was not necessarily because it was about being the best - it was about winning.

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

I feel I have been very lucky. When you are growing up, you have dreams of being a footballer, perhaps even playing for the club you support, and I am living that dream.

As a footballer, if you work hard, then everything else falls into place.

I didn't think I was going to make it as a footballer.

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.

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.

For every footballer, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or is a dream.

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

As a footballer, you always want to win.

A footballer can have even more problems than other people. Sometimes money and fame can become a problem, too.

Luck - it's key for every footballer's career. I have been incredibly lucky during my career and in my life.

When my career is over, I want to say to myself that I've done whatever I could to be the best footballer I could be.

There are times in the career of every young English footballer when they simply need to take their chance to establish themselves.

I have always said you only get one shot in life as a footballer.

In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.

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

Playing in a team like Barca, you always feel pressure. The demand is to win everything, but this is good for you as a footballer: it makes you play better.

When you're growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.

I am a special footballer, and I need to be happy when I'm playing.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

As a footballer, you always want to get better personally. And if you get better personally, you make the team better.

I was a footballer for a long, long time.