Quotes About Opportunity

London is really nice, and I'm really happy here, but, of course, I've moved here to play football and not just to be in the city.

You don't have to be a strapping lad to play football.

I think it's all about confidence and having a regular run in the team. The rest takes care of itself; a footballer never forgets how to play football, and I'm convinced that game time, matches, was all I needed because, ultimately, no one forgets how to score goals.

Young boys and girls should be given the chance to play football.

When I came to BYU, I had no idea what I wanted to study. It really was a decision based on football. I wanted to come here and play football. The decision has turned out to be so much more than football.

I looked into the rule book, and I never seen a rule of only two-handed players can play football.

I wanted to play football and wear the Indian jersey, but there was no women's football team.

You can play football in Bayern, in Barcelona, in Manchester, in London, wherever. In the end, it's football, and you want to play with the best.

If you speak to girls who play football alongside lads, they'll tell you that you almost have to earn the right to play with them. It's annoying that you have to do that, but once you've done it, the barriers are down.

It's not just about going to play football abroad: it's a chance to live and work in a fantastic city like Barcelona.

I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.

I play football, that's what I do, and people can bet on me if they want to, and if they don't, then their loss. Then they don't get a share of the wealth.

I just wanted to play football and didn't get the chance in Germany in my second season there.

It is important that I get to play football.

My parents wanted me to have a good education, so I finished school, and at the same time I was able to play football.

I get on the field, I feel like it's an opportunity to show that I can play football and I'm good at my job and I deserve to keep my job.

It doesn't really matter how much you've got saved up in your bank account. If someone offers you £10 million to play football for a year in a beautiful part of the world, who would turn that down?

It is not my intention to break up teams at local grassroots clubs - but to make sure every kid gets an opportunity to play football for free.

I believe that one of the reasons I get to play golf all over the world is because of the barriers that Lee Elder broke down. I just think he's amazing.

I thought the opportunity to play golf 12 months a year would give me a chance to go where I wanted to go.

I dropped out of school at 17 'cause all I wanted to do was play music. I had odd jobs on the side of gigging until I turned 22, when I was lucky to start doing this full time.

Having the opportunity to play music as a career is a dream come true.

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days.

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'