Quotes About Footballers

It was an honor to be invited to visit Real Madrid's training ground and meet Raul, Ronaldo, Kaka, and all the other footballers that play for such a successful team.

Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.

There are footballers who are very good playing on the outside but don't know what to do inside. Then there are players who are very good inside but don't have the physique, the legs, to go outside.

We are a great fit, and I'm excited about the chance to influence a new generation of young footballers alongside Warrior.

A lot of Brazilians are very superstitious, especially footballers. I'm the same. I always step on to the pitch with my right foot first.

If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it.

I've had well-paid jobs, but in comparison to what footballers earn, I've not earned serious money.

I hope Stoke stay up this season, and stay up for long enough so that they can get enough money and buy some footballers.

People think footballers are all like robots - we can control everything on the pitch. But your heart is beating 200 times a minute; it's very, very physical.

Everyone thinks that footballers go on the pitch and they have so much money that they think about themselves. But I am not like that.

Most footballers play golf for five or six hours. I'd rather play my saxophone. I get out to gigs when I can.

When I arrived in Milan, I found myself surrounded by many fantastic footballers.

In England, especially, mentally if you're not strong it can eat you up. There's the media, all the negativity surrounding footballers. If you're not mentally strong, it can eat you.

I'm not looking for sympathy. If there's other footballers addicted to gambling, then maybe me speaking about my battle might help them.

For most footballers, they just have to give their all for 90 minutes two times a week, and apart from a few training sessions spend the rest of the time resting. They only train intensively for six weeks before the new season.

My body shape has transformed as sports science research has developed. It used to be thought that footballers needed to be big and do lots of weights and little cardio.

This is what footballers are used to. You're used to playing matches throughout the Christmas period so for us it doesn't feel weird. We're working on Christmas Day and we've always done it.

In Brazil, we think we can help by using our image, the fact that we are very well known, to help others. I think lots of footballers want to do something, but many don't know how.

There is no question that Korean footballers have the ability to play in Europe. The real challenge is whether they will be able to adapt to western culture.

Everyone has their own background and some managers are Premier League footballers, international footballers, some of them find themselves getting jobs.

Don't get me wrong, I love training and I love playing but everyday life? People see the money and the material things that footballers have but you get to a Premier League level because you have something inside you and you can play. Ninety per cent of that is self-pride.

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

Diego Costa and Loic Remy are excellent finishers.

As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.