A Quote by Maurice Flanagan

I could have been a professional footballer and trialled with Blackburn Rovers. But I snapped my cruciate ligaments, an injury that has dogged me ever since.

Maurice Flanagan

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Maurice Flanagan
British - Businessman
November 17, 1928 - May 7, 2015

When I signed that USL contract, my perspective changed on me being a professional footballer. That was my goal ever since I was young. I never thought I could achieve it, but that's when it clicked in my head that I can really go far in the sport.

Alphonso Davies

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

Romelu Lukaku

Ever since I was a boy, I have wanted to be a professional footballer and to captain my country one day.

Aaron Ramsey

I've fractured my skull twice, damaged a kidney, snapped a cruciate ligament in my knee, and broken all manner of bones, including my jaw. And I count myself very lucky it hasn't been worse!

Eddie the Eagle

I've loved Range Rovers. That goes back to when I was a kid. My dad had the first ever Range Rover that was ever made - the first wave back in the '70s - and he had one every year from that moment, and mom has continued to do that. From the moment they started Range Rovers, they've been in my family.

Jason Bonham

I’ve always been in love with Land Rovers and Range Rovers. I own one and was able to make it a little more exclusive.

Ndamukong Suh

I've always been in love with Land Rovers and Range Rovers. I own one and was able to make it a little more exclusive.

Ndamukong Suh

The worst injury I've ever seen in a fight was with Anderson Silva when his leg snapped in half.

Jon Jones

I am very shocked and disappointed to be leaving Blackburn Rovers. I am extremely proud to have managed this club and I enjoyed a fantastic relationship with the players, my staff and the supporters during my time in charge.

Sam Allardyce

I just loved kicking a ball but I was determined to be a footballer and I wanted a professional contract, I would go to any professional club to get one. From 15, all I wanted was to be a footballer.

Demba Ba

Over the years, I've had two ankle operations, torn my hamstring, had my hip resurfaced, and snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee.

Darcey Bussell

At a club like City, there are things in the papers and talk all the time. Ever since I've been a footballer, I have coped with that.

James Milner

All I have ever wanted to do is be a professional footballer.

Aaron Ramsey

It's the one that the players fear. The No 1 is the ACL - the anterior cruciate ligament - closely followed by a real tear of the hamstring, because you know that's the one injury that kids you.

Graeme Souness

I don't know where horse riding could have taken me, and it's something I can always go back to when I've retired from football, but the crossroads came in my life when Chelsea wanted to sign me and make me a professional footballer in 2013 when I was 20.