Footballer Quotes - Page 9

• Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.

  Sid Waddell

  Player, Body, Darts

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• We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse directed into the adoration of daft singers, thicko footballers and air-headed screen actors than into the veneration of dogmatic zealots, fanatical preachers, militant politicians and rabid cultural commentators.

  Stephen Fry

  Hero, Air, Valhalla

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• Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.

  Craig Johnston

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

  Joleon Lescott

  Hands, Afternoon, Spares

  Source: www.askmen.com

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• I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him.

  Martin Shaw

  Sports, Law, People

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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

  Joleon Lescott

  Past, Thinking, Next

  Interview with Leo Moynihan, uk.askmen.com.

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• People whistle me because I am good-looking, rich and a great footballer. They are jealous of me.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Jealous, People, Rich

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• He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him - but it is not going to be easy.

  Cesc Fabregas

  Football, Team, Fighting

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• For years Paul Scholes has been one of the best players in the Premiership. He's incredible. He has always been under-rated throughout his career. He's a team player, a one and two-touch footballer who makes good decisions on the pitch and makes his team play.

  Thierry Henry

  Team, Player, Years

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• Love is good for footballers, as long as it is not at half-time.

  Richard Møller Nielsen

  Soccer, Love Is, Long

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• When I was in Dutch and Italian football, a lot of people looked at Manchester United, and when they were asked who was the best player, a lot of them said Paul Scholes. Much of what he did looked simple, but actually it was quite hard. Invariably he controlled the ball instantly and passed it straight on, keeping the game moving. He made inch-perfect passes across the pitch; he saw the gaps and could play the ball through them. So it didn't surprise me that so many top-class international footballers recognized his quality.

  Edwin van der Sar

  Football, Moving, Simple

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• Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And if he comes to Paris now it will be to do something other than football.

  Michel Patini

  Football, Player, Shopping

  "'I'd stab myself with a sausage!' - French football quotes of 2011" by Tom Williams, www.theguardian.com. December 21, 2011.

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• 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.

  Michael Carrick

  Character, Thinking, Play

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• 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.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Dream, Kids

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• Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.

  Sepp Blatter

  Slave, Knows, Personal Experiences

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• [ 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.

  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

  Player, Years, Proud

  Source: news.xinhuanet.com

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• The moment my name was called [Africa's Footballer of the Year] was truly overwhelming and I was about to scream with joy.

  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

  Years, Names, Joy

  Source: news.xinhuanet.com

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• Kids want to be professional footballers and I think they need to know what it takes to get there - you know, the dedication. People see footballers playing on a Saturday afternoon in front of the TV cameras, but from a Monday to Friday people don't really see what goes on.

  John Terry

  Friday, Monday, Kids

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• 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.

  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

  Nice, Character, Successful

  Source: news.xinhuanet.com

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• 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.

  Kehinde Wiley

  Shoes, Watches, Able

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.

  Ian O'Doherty

  Soccer, Running, Football

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

  Jock Stein

  No Excuses, Fit, Excuse

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• It's is always nice to be respected as a footballer. I am going to go out and enjoy the game and if I can set one or two goals up then so be it - I would love to.

  David Beckham

  Nice, Games, Two

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• Jimmy Greaves and Kenny Dalglish had similar know-how, but Dalglish's knowledge and reading of the game was far superior. He was the most complete footballer in British soccer.

  Jimmy Armfield

  Soccer, Reading, Games

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• 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.

  Johan Cruijff

  Beautiful, Kids, Play

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