Quotes About Football

My family have always been West Ham fans, so growing up, I used to go and watch them, and so I was a West Ham supporter.

I would like Ajax to be people's favourite second team. Like in Spain, if you are a Real Madrid fan, then you can't be a Barcelona supporter. It's the same in Italy. But you can be an Ajax fan.

I'm a big Birmingham City supporter and seeing the fans dressed as Peaky Blinders is one of my proudest moments.

I'm not a Liverpool supporter.

I'm not a Steven Gerrard supporter.

In England, the fans are more spectators than supporters. There's a better atmosphere in French stadiums.

I have felt like a 'juventino' since I set foot here. Here, you have 12 million supporters; everyone else has their team and then roots against us.

No money in this world could convince me to play for Liverpool. That's not a lack of respect for Liverpool supporters or the football club. It's respect for the Everton supporters. You just can't do that. It goes against everything that I stand for. No chance.

I'm a really luck guy to play in the Premier League and have so many fans, so many supporters. This is a really lucky guy.

Anfield is the best place in the world to play football; there's no doubt about it. The atmosphere is incredible, and we always get so much strength from our supporters in every single game.

I actually don't mind a bit of football banter from opposing fans. In fact, I quite like getting hammered by supporters of other clubs. But it's when you get it from your own fans that it's not nice.

For a lot of lads, they grow up going to matches with fathers or mates. Those Saturday or Sundays where you head over to the stadium probably with a scarf on - knowing every word, every clap and every pause to the supporters' chants.

Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.

The best thing about playing football is making fans happy. The supporters help us a lot out on the pitch.

Arsenal are a special club for many French supporters. I watched them a lot, especially during the 'Invincible' era when they had Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Sylvain Wiltord, and Robert Pires.

There is something fundamental about Leo in terms of what he transmits to the supporters and what he transmits to the opposition when he starts to run at you. And I speak from experience.

Supporters don't like the idea of people going to ground too easily. Everyone who has ever played football, everyone who's been involved, would hate that. You'd be saying, 'Get Up!'

It was so nice to see that the Chelsea supporters appreciated my talent and my work at Atletico.

I was used to football supporters hammering me and I thought my name was Graham Potter-Boo at one point.

Sometimes there is a disconnect between footballers and supporters, because there are highly-paid people here and supporters over there, and nothing in between.

It is great to hear that Italian football now has many supporters in Asia.

I know what it means to the supporters of Newcastle to try and win something and realistically, the cup competitions are our best route.

I was brought up in a football environment where we saw a lot of racism - whether it was abuse from other players or huge groups of supporters in away matches.

We have to entertain the supporters. It's not only about defending and 'don't concede.' Perhaps most managers focus on defence.