Quotes About Football

Mostly as a No 10. When I was really young, I played as a striker, but I grew a lot when I was 15 or 16.

I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years.

I always liked how David Beckham played - his set-plays and his dead balls.

It was cool to meet Cris Carter. That dude has some of the best hands to have played the game.

I have just been a bit inconsistent when I have played. That happens in football, especially when you have been out for a long period.

My dad - Gaby Yala - played for the Congo national team as well, at Under-21 level. When I see him playing, even today, I could see he's got something about him.

It is very exciting to be playing in the Champions League because it is the dream of every player in the world.

Maradona was absolutely the best player I ever played with.

Paolo Guerrero is a good player - and Mladen Petric also. I think both are really good and even better than me.

My dream was to be a football player.

Mesut is a great player and he also works hard off the ball.

It's hard for a player to plan for the future, especially in a game like football.

We know that Pepe is a great player.

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.

I have been a big admirer of Coutinho, and he can be a very important player for Liverpool and Brazil.

Playing in the Champions League is a big dream of mine. When you are a player and have a chance to play in it, it's a good thing.

To have a great player like Neymar at PSG would be a great honour. He's a phenomenal player, and to have great player is a great thing for the team.

I think Messi is the best player in the world.

I think Neymar has everything to be the best player on the planet.

Maradona has been the best player in history and for me, Messi is even greater than he is.

In Italy I have learnt a lot, I have matured both as a man and as a player. I have lived the best years of my career here.

I played football the whole time I was growing up, and through two years of college. I think it's a beautiful game in many respects, one that allows you to follow a player from boyhood through manhood.

When God built Pele, he put everything that a player needs in him. He knew how to shoot, how to dribble, how to head, be physical. He had everything that a football player needs to have. It's difficult for someone to achieve what he has in football.