Footballer Quotes - page 3

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? (Ryan Giggs)
I want to work with kids and help develop them, show them the right way, the right morals and attitude into how to become a better footballer. Australia has many different cultures but I'd like to bring in the indigenous style, bring their competitiveness, athleticism and raw ability into the frame. View quote
Tim Cahill
I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad. View quote
Walter Smith
I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game. View quote
David Beckham
At the end of the day, I'm a footballer who has played at some of the biggest football clubs in the world and played with some of the best players in the world. View quote
David Beckham
I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream. View quote
David Beckham
As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best. View quote
David Beckham
When I was 7 I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it's put me now. View quote
David Beckham
He was a gentleman and an incredible footballer. View quote
Pelé
I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays. View quote
Johan Cruyff
I haven't always been understood. As a footballer, as coach and also for what I did after all that. But OK, Rembrandt and Van Gogh weren't understood either. That's what you learn: people go on bothering you until you're a genius. (Johan Cruyff)
Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person. View quote
Zinedine Zidane
A friend at school was always being laughed at because his father emptied dustbins for a living. But those who laughed worshipped famous footballers. This is an example of our topsy-turvy view of 'success.' Who would we miss most if they did not work for a month, the footballer or the garbage collector? View quote
David Icke
Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype. View quote
Frank Lampard
(After kicking an extra point in a Bengals preseason game) Esteban' Ochocinco is back, the most interesting footballer in the world. Everyone has to remember, I've always said that soccer is my No. 1 sport. I think Ronaldinho would be proud of me right now. View quote
Chad Ocho Cinco
Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer. View quote
Robert Smith (musician)
Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) was my hero. He was the best forward I've ever seen. He was so fast that he could score a goal from nothing and he struck the ball better than anyone I've seen. View quote
Lionel Messi
If he isn't named Footballer of the Year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to the Kremlin. View quote
Tommy Smith (footballer born 1945)
He's always one of those people others talk about. Even playing at Real Madrid, the players always say to me ‘what's he like'? They respect him as a footballer and see him as the ultimate. View quote
Paul Scholes
I find it a disgrace that he didn't win European Footballer of the Year in 2005 after Istanbul. For me, he is one of the best ever. Whenever you play Liverpool you know you have to get him out of the game. If not, it's all over for you. "He's a midfielder and if you look at all the important goals he's scored - well I can't even think of a striker in the world who has scored as many important goals, never mind a midfielder. How many times has he done it in the dying seconds of a game? I am trying to think of a striker now who does it - there aren't any. Think about it. View quote
Steven Gerrard
He's been by far and away the best footballer in the world for the last five or six years. He's the best player of all time and if he stays fit he will continue for the next five or six years. The things he does right now are out of this world. Of course, he doesn't play by himself, but he is simply incredible. He always finds a way and is always a yard quicker than everyone else. If you have a player like that on your side, you needn't fear anyone. (Lionel Messi)