Footballer Quotes

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest. (Ruud van Nistelrooy)
As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer. View quote
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next? View quote
David Icke
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing. View quote
Lionel Messi
I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer. View quote
Paul Gascoigne
Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer. View quote
Craig Johnston
There is pressure every day as a footballer. View quote
Jamie Redknapp
I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for. View quote
Jamie Redknapp
A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else. View quote
John B. Keane
I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you to go off the rails a bit, be a bit crazy, but that's not really happened yet. I've got a big family so that helps, and they live really close to the studios so it's just so much easier. View quote
Rupert Grint
Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full - you want to win games, and as a result, trophies. (Ryan Giggs)
I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?' View quote
Ryan Giggs
I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better. View quote
Tim Cahill
...the Englishman [sic], George Best, who was an amazing footballer in his day but at the same time he was a bum and a drunk – a bohemian. Because of his soccer art though, he had a royal funeral. View quote
George Best
Even as a footballer, I was always being creative. View quote
Eric Cantona
He had zero experience but he was really good. The irony is, given the fact that the character can't play very well, is that he's actually a brilliant footballer. View quote
Helena Bonham Carter
Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport. View quote
Bobby Charlton
We showed the world you could enjoy being a footballer; you could laugh and have a fantastic time. I represent the era which proved that attractive football was enjoyable and successful, and good fun to play too. View quote
Johan Cruyff
There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me. View quote
Diego Maradona
When I retired in 2006, I stayed for a further two years in England. I stayed because I wanted to be in England without being a footballer, without the rhythm. I wanted to enjoy the city. View quote
Dennis Bergkamp
In my childhood years, I dreamt of being a footballer. But as my friends often joke, they tried to take the ball in an unsportsmanlike way... which is how I became a boxer. (Vitali Klitschko)
People do... need... things... that are bad for them. They do. Stimulants and so on. They always have. Every so often, some politician or footballer or actor or whoever it is is caught in a hotel room, surrounded by hookers and cocaine. And everybody else goes: "Oh, the shame of it! How could he? How absolutely dreadful! I'd never do that... I've never had a chance, but I'd never ever do that! Oh, the disgust that courses through me right now - you could bottle it!" But what else are you supposed to give hookers in a hotel room? "Yogurt, anybody? I made some yogurt this morning, would you like some? It's got Granola and everything. You sure? Go on, have a bit." View quote
Dylan Moran
I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s. View quote
Dylan Moran
I have never imagined doing anything other than football, but now, thinking about it coldly, if I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a musician. View quote
Ronaldinho
When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football. View quote
Andriy Shevchenko