Top 580 Footballer Quotes & Sayings

My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

If I wasn't a footballer, I would be a virgin

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

I was a street footballer.

I don't call myself a women's footballer; I say I'm a footballer.

As a footballer, you always want to win.

To any young kid who wants to be a footballer, I would simply say: Have fun playing football and enjoy the team - spirit. That's the right attitude; that will bring you pleasure and fulfillment in football. A baker cannot live on bread he made yesterday, and a footballer cannot live on his last game. It's about the here and now.

Beyond being a footballer, I am a citizen.

There is no excuse for a professional footballer not to be 100% fit.

If you cut me in half, I'm a footballer.

[ Won the 2015 African Player of the Year]meant everything to me. It was the first time a footballer from Gabon was elected Africa's Footballer of the Year. Even for the Bundesliga, it was something no African player had ever achieved. It still makes me incredibly proud and the happiest person on the planet.

I'm very satisfied to close my time as footballer.

My first goal was to become a professional footballer.

Yes, I am the best footballer in the world.

I'm a footballer, not a pundit.

As a footballer, you want to play every game.

Every footballer has his ups and downs.

My dream was always to be a footballer and help my family.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

I'm a footballer; I want a football club.

I am footballer, not a public relations person.

A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. ...being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play.

I'm a role model as a footballer and not as a politician. I want to see myself as a footballer. People respect me for my performances. That's why they support me, and I'm very thankful for that. But I'm not a politician.

My Dad is finally proud of me. He always wanted me to be a footballer. He is a football hooligan, a true obsessive, if I had been born on match day he would not have been at the hospital, so for me to be able to at least pretend to be a footballer, means I'm finally allowed home at Christmas.

The teacher would say, 'Not everybody makes it as a footballer, so what do you want to be?' I'd say, 'A footballer.' The teacher would say, 'But not everybody makes it. So what do you want to be?' I'd say, 'A footballer.' Every year that happened! Nothing was going to get in the way of me being a footballer.

As a footballer, there is so much spare time.

I could never get bored talking about him, he was my favourite player. I loved watching him because he did everything you'd want to see in a footballer. He could dictate the pace of a game; he could take it by the scruff of the neck and control it; he could score decisive goals; he could make the killer pass; he could switch the play, open teams up, slow the game down, quicken it up; whatever was needed. He would take the ball anywhere on the pitch He was such a selfless footballer, too Scholesy was the man, all right.

He is a legend and he's going to be remembered for a long time. Just to play alongside him and learn from him has been an absolute pleasure. I think he is a footballer's footballer; he has been at this level for so long. As long as he is part of us we always feel we have a chance. We appreciate the way he goes about his business. I have never met a character like Scholesy, certainly not someone who is that good.

As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.

It's not easy to be a footballer.

As a footballer, I'm never satisfied with where I'm at.

If you're not an ambitious footballer, you're in the wrong game, really.

I didn't think I was going to make it as a footballer.

As a footballer, you still have to dream.

It's hard to know when to call it a day as a footballer.

If I had the choice I'd be a boxer or a footballer.

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

I have many footballer friends including I M Vijayan.

Messi is the best footballer in the world.

A footballer must quit at the right time.

The World Cup is every footballer's dream.

Even as a footballer, I was always being creative.

As a young footballer I used to look up to a number of stars for inspiration and I understand what Bhaichung must have done for all young Indians aspiring to be footballer.

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.

I've played football with George Best, the greatest footballer that ever lived. That doesn't make me a footballer. And I've sung a duet with Pavarotti. That doesn't make me an opera singer. I can write and I have a story to tell, but I'm not going to make a career out of it.

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

I'm a footballer, I don't think past next Saturday.

I play football and I want to be considered as a footballer.

I'll have you know that I am not a failed Third Division footballer. I am a failed Second Division footballer.

You know, I was going to be a footballer at one stage, but... nah.

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.

Behind the footballer, there is a human being.

One of my biggest goals is to not be remembered as just a footballer.

Maybe some people look at me and just see a footballer, or a black footballer. But I am much more than this. I tell my best friends all the time, 'If you look at me as a footballer, and not as Little Kouli, and not as your friend, then I have failed in life.'

I always wanted to be a footballer; I always wanted to play. I was born to be a footballer.

It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.

A footballer isn't a devil or a saint.

The Champions League is probably the biggest goal a footballer can have.