Quotes About Football

Once I came out of the First Division with Norwich, it was great.

I had 235 games for Gillingham in the old Third Division. Everybody associates me with Man United and winning things but I had seven years at Gillingham and 3 at Norwich. One of those years we got relegated. Until I was 30, 31, I hadn't really won anything.

From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.

Growing up, Arsenal were always such a big team, they were dominant and would always give you a tough game.

I think it's important that you recognize the center position going against the 3-4 defense depends on a guy going in there and being dominant.

At Maccabi, I played with a team that scored many goals and I was the dominant player, but that's not the case with Israel.

I have never doubted that I would succeed from the moment I first began playing football.

I don't have any doubts about how to play at the Bernabeu.

I'd be less than honest if I said I didn't have my doubts as to whether my children should be playing football.

The draft's crazy. Everybody knows that.

I think a guy like Saquon Barkley is a very special back, and where the was drafted was very appropriate.

When I was at school, you couldn't draw and be into football, too. If you were into art, then you were seen as an absolute pansy, and there was no way you'd be admitted to the guys' world of football.

If I'm not with my family or playing football then I'm usually in my office writing and drawing.

It was always my dream to be at Ajax.

I would never have dreamed to have had such a nice career as this. I like football, and this is like a nice football journey.

Ever since I was kid, I dreamed of playing for England.

As a child I dreamed of playing for Arsenal, because I loved them. Now I hate them for the way Wenger treated me.

When I was 14, I started playing for Taye Academy in the city of Owerri, and then my whole life became football. I dreamed of playing for certain clubs, or going places I'd never been before, but I just kept my ambitions to myself because I never really expected that I could get to these places.

I usually find a couple of guys in the offseason to watch - their clips, their games and see how they play. Aaron Rodgers is one. I try to watch Drew Brees.

I'm one of those players who loves to dribble the ball, to run at people.

I've been in trouble for football - not turning up for training, or not turning up on time, or drinking before training and stuff. I've been barred from a few places.

Football is still the most important thing. It keeps me focused and driven every day and that takes me on to be the best dad, son, and friend.

I felt like there were always people who said football should be over here and faith should be over there. But that drove me.

I have always been a Napoli fan, but the choice to move to Dubai is the right one.