Quotes About Football

I had a very interesting and exciting life as a footballer, for which I am grateful.

We are getting to the point where, like the men's game, playing football is not only a legitimate career but enables you to live really well and can perhaps even set you up for life. It will allow little girls to tell their mums and dads they want to be professional footballers and not have their dreams dismissed so easily.

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

One of our problems is the culture of Brazil which focuses on men's football. Of course we would like to change that. Maybe one day we will have a strong competitive league instead of our women footballers always having to play abroad.

I always give my best on the field, but I think modern footballers have a big opportunity to make a difference in peoples' lives.

I started my career in an era when footballers were different. There was a different culture.

Guardiola likes footballers who can pass the ball, who have eyes for the best position and the right runs.

Liverpool is no different to any other city in the country for footballers. If you are famous and people know you have money, there will always be someone who wants to make a name for themselves.

I love to watch and have great footballers and if I can watch Neymar every day, just imagine.

Just because footballers earn a lot of money, it doesn't mean we're not human.

There are a lot of distractions in London, which is the downside to things, for a lot of young footballers as well, and my aim is to beat that. I don't want to get distracted by anything, my aim is to concentrate on football and do the best I can.

I've seen a life many, many footballers had never seen.

The crazy thing about my story is that I only came to Leicester City because Leeds didn't want me. A lot of footballers say that, and it's almost a cliche. But the chairman literally told me that they didn't want me.

My brother was the one who really gave me the desire to follow in his footsteps. Also, it was really Ronaldinho and Ronaldo, the two Brazilian players, who also inspired me to a future in football.

I would just laugh and say, 'My dad was one of the greatest players, and I want to follow in his footsteps.' But I also want to make a name for myself. I want to be Timothy Weah, be myself, play my game, and still follow in his footsteps while I'm doing that.

I've been through a lot and played for a long time, so I can understand what others will go through. That's why I want to help them out. There are a lot of players who go to Belgium, for example, and have had terrible experiences. I know players, and they have come to me.

We like to be kind of at the forefront for how all football federations should treat their female athletes.

I never expected to adapt so quickly, but if you are a foreigner it's up to you to adapt to English football because you can't change it. I think I've achieved something in the way I adapted.

I just grew up in Ajax with all the players from Ajax. We only had two or three foreigners, so everyone knew each other and knew the system.

This is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

I'm a football fan first and foremost, but I've been given an incredible opportunity to be a football coach in the National Football League.

Me and Coach Koetter have a great relationship, first and foremost, and we've got the same goal when we go out there on that football field - and that's to win the football game.

Football is my passion, and who knows where I will play in the future - you cannot foresee that.