Quotes About Football

Barcelona has always had calm coaches.

I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.

About 10 percent of the time, I miss 3 to 5 percent of the game. I look back, and I'm happy that I played. I'm not wistful. You miss big games. I miss the locker room camaraderie. Sometimes I miss the lifestyle.

Cameroon is a football country - children are born playing football.

My dream when I was at Barca was to play at Camp Nou and I did - just not wearing the shirt I'd expected when I was little.

At the Barcelona youth academy, I lived right next to Camp Nou, but I spent my days watching movies.

I have played at the Nou Camp and the Bernabeu.

I do have a camp side to my personality, but I also have a 'Top Gear'-loving, football-loving side.

I was about five or six when I went to the little foundation camps. I got into the academy when I was nine, and I've gone through every age group since and into the first team.

Growing up in Canada, I didn't watch football much.

I don't read much about the Canadian Football League.

Bolton was one of the relegation candidates when I got there but we took the club to another level and even had the opportunity to play for the first time in the Europa League.

Tottenham are a big 'European club so it is normal that we are one of the main candidates for the Europa League 'title.

The A-League is a great product but it cant be what Australia needs it to be with just ten teams.

I think Luis Suarez, not just with the physical side of his game but his capacity to shoot with one touch in the box, knowing where the goal is is great.

I think there are always a lot of rumours about players from Ajax. We develop great players, not only in Amsterdam but hopefully also in Cape Town, and there is interest in a lot of our players, but we like to keep them for as long as possible.

I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.

I am 25 years old, have been the captain of Inter for three years, and I am part of club history with my goals.

I want to be Arsenal captain.

I was with Bremen in a good situation in the Bundesliga. I was the captain and was involved in everything to do with the club.

When I was a kid at Middlesbrough, we had the best captain ever in Gareth Southgate who was absolutely brilliant.

Michael Owen was made a captain ahead of me.

My story is like many other stories. I started very young. As the years went by, I only cared about playing football. I was never obsessed with money or being a professional though.

Everyone makes mistakes, but when players or managers make mistakes, they are all accountable and have to take responsibility. When I talk about referees, you wonder, 'Can I say this?' You have to be careful - but they are the only group in the world of football who are treated like that.