Quotes about Footballers

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches. Votes: 5

Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release. Votes: 5

Footballers are no different from human beings. Votes: 4

Footballers are going on strike? When can they start? Votes: 4

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different. Votes: 4

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; it's such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries. Votes: 4

Because I love football and I love the footballers. Votes: 3

Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches. Votes: 3

Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer. Votes: 3

As a footballer's wife, I take great exception to the way we are portrayed in Footballers' Wives. Votes: 3

Footballers wives are like leeches, feeding off their partners success. I don't want to be a footballer's wife. Votes: 3

Footballers are more likely to work better if they get a pat on their back from the boss. A knife in the back is never the answer. Votes: 3

Footballers nowadays are controlling their image through their own Facebook page so its not the club that controls them anymore, they do what they want at anytime. Votes: 3

Footballers are an easy target. They are offered big lines of credit. Every sport is vulnerable; its such a big gambling industry, and there are problems with syndicates in other countries. Votes: 3

Footballers are the most vulnerable people. They exude confidence, but inside, they're so lacking in confidence. They know they can lose form or be injured. This profession is so insecure, you wouldn't believe it. Votes: 3

Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he plays free jazz - everything pulls together into one intense moment that is beautiful. Votes: 3

If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you? Votes: 3

Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength. Votes: 2

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it. Votes: 2

The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition. Votes: 2

Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them. Votes: 2

People think footballers are all like robots - we can control everything on the pitch. But your heart is beating 200 times a minute; it's very, very physical. Votes: 2

When I was a footballer, I surrounded myself with footballers. We were all friends. But in Brasilia you don't know who your friends are. It can be a dangerous place. Votes: 2

Now learning a bit more about footballers I think what they need to do well, is someone who really wants to stay in the background and just be a strong support. Votes: 2

Too many pupils at schools in the U.K. want to have careers as footballers or TV hosts, or models, because that's what they're constantly exposed to as the heroes of our time. Votes: 2

If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people. Votes: 2

In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England. Votes: 2

The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices. Votes: 2

And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot. Votes: 2

Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But to achieve commercial recognition is somewhat different: it requires a form of adulation that also spells identification and role model. Votes: 2

One of our problems is the culture of Brazil which focuses on men's football. Of course we would like to change that. Maybe one day we will have a strong competitive league instead of our women footballers always having to play abroad. Votes: 2

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education. Votes: 2

I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a second chance. It is a rewarding job for me, but one that also reveals many of the faults in the English game. Votes: 2

Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or nothing, which is why football is just about the most democratic sport of all: African and Brazilian footballers compete on a level playing field with their rich white European counterparts. Votes: 2

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? Votes: 2

There are hundreds and hundreds of women who are married to footballers, and we get to see a very small handful of them. They are all different individuals, and they choose the way they want to live their life or look, and I don't think it is really fair on anyone else to judge. Votes: 2

The only thing I won't watch is darts. And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test? And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot. Votes: 2

The money footballers earn today is incredulous Votes: 1

You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers. Votes: 1

He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head. Votes: 1

What they say about footballers being ignorant is rubbish. I spoke to a couple yesterday and they are quite intelligent. Votes: 1

If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it. Votes: 1

Ageing footballers never lose their commitment; they just lose their pace Votes: 0

Love is good for footballers, as long as it is not at half-time. Votes: 0

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire. Votes: 0

I've had well-paid jobs, but in comparison to what footballers earn, I've not earned serious money. Votes: 0

Professional footballers - those virile young stags of our modern culture - are near perpetual fountains of sputum. Votes: 0

As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons. Votes: 0

Fit men walking around and bathing, it would be just like being in Ancient Rome [on a footballers dressing room Votes: 0

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. Votes: 0

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level. Votes: 0

The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it, it is a very important competition. Votes: 0

I, as you may know, am no stranger to the organic courgette, but I still cannot work out who these gay footballers are. Votes: 0

Congratulations to Thierry Henry on a truly wonderful career. One of the great footballers of our time and a top bloke. Bonne chance. Votes: 0

The only thing that's running well in Bulgaria is the Bulgarian Football Union. Unlike the BFU, many footballers here don't run, they limp. Votes: 0

I hope Stoke stay up this season, and stay up for long enough so that they can get enough money and buy some footballers. Votes: 0

You can go down a list of footballers since the Premier League and I don't think David Beckham would probably be in the first 1,000. Votes: 0

There are people who enjoy the life in England but don't pay a penny in tax, whereas my footballers pay more than half their income in tax. Votes: 0

There's something really cool about being able to fly to South Africa and watch one of the most talented African footballers wearing a shoe on the field. Votes: 0

I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football are the same wherever you go. Votes: 0

Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o, two fantastic African footballers. So successful. And very nice characters as well. I got the luck to know them personally. They helped me a lot. Votes: 0

People say footballers have terrible taste in music but I would dispute that. In the car at the moment I've got The Corrs, Cher, Phil Collins, Shania Twain and Rod Stewart. Votes: 0

The footballers' wives I know, they're teachers, midwives. They want to do something useful. One is working at my son's nursery, on her hands and knees, in Converse and jeans, teaching kids to count. Votes: 0