Footballer Quotes - Page 7

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  I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Hard Work, Games

  Interview with Neil Ashton, www.dailymail.co.uk. May 16, 2013.

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• As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine.

  Ryan Giggs

  Children, Years, Use

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• 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?

  David Icke

  Father, School, Views

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• If that lad makes a First Division footballer, then I'm Mao Tse Tung.

  Tommy Docherty

  Soccer, Football, Player

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

  Gary Lineker

  Congratulations, Careers, Chance

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• You know I don't think there will ever be a time when the English player is not respected, and feared, across the world of football. The English footballer is very brave and strong and committed and there is always enough high-class players in his team to cause concern in any opponent. It is a national characteristic.

  Johan Cruijff

  Soccer, Football, Strong

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

  Sid Waddell

  Player, Body, Darts

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

  John Barrowman

  Men, Rome, Would Be

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

  Eamon Dunphy

  Memorable, Division, Thirds

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• 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?

  Ryan Giggs

  Jobs, Going Out, Taste

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• It is annoying. The work we do is not getting the credit it deserves because we are not winning silverware. It is unfair because I think we have more merit as a club than those who have built their teams with millions of pounds whereas Arsenal have brought in young footballers, who have come here to play a certain kind of football and who have developed.

  Samir Nasri

  Football, Team, Winning

  "Without our injuries Arsenal would be top of league, says Samir Nasri", April 20, 2010.

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• I was always determined to make it as a footballer, but if things hadn't worked out, I'd have maybe followed my dad into the building industry.

  Steven Gerrard

  Dad, Determined, Building

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Jamelia

  Wife, Leeches, Want

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• Ronaldo can do whatever he wants as a footballer. There are some things he does with the ball that make me touch my head and wonder how he did it.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer, Doe, Balls

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• The money footballers earn today is incredulous

  Bobby Gould

  Today

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• 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.

  Gary Lineker

  Knives, Boss, Answers

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• I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

  Michael Owen

  Want, Strings, Modelling

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• I love the Premier League, I absolutely love Premier League games. Removing myself a footballer, I watch the Premier League. It's a great league, fantastic football is played in it.

  Joe Hart

  Football, Games, League

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release.

  Gordon Taylor

  Horse, Racing, Release

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• 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.

  David Beckham

  Inspirational, Football, Player

  Interview with Gary Neville, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2013.

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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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• 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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• George Best was one of the most talented players of all time and probably the best footballer who never made it to a major world final.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Player, Finals, World

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