“I want to be a top-flight football player, so I lead the life that enables me to be that type of player. I prefer to be seen in a decent light rather than an indecent one.” WantLightPlayerFootballTypeFlightDecentFootball Player Author:Michael Owen
“I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.” WantPlayLeftPlayerFootballCamerasSticksShyLeft AloneFootball Player Author:Reggie Bush
“I am more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world” WorldPersonsPlayerFootballWorriedDecentBeing The BestGood PersonBest FootballFootball PlayerBeing A Good PersonInspirational FootballScoring Goals Author:Lionel Messi
“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.” PeopleMadeSaidHardPlayMovingGamesSimplePerfectUnitedQualityClassSawsPlayerFootballBallsSurpriseInternationalGapsControlledItalianInchesFootballerManchesterDutchBest PlayersSurprise MeManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Edwin van der Sar
“Funnily enough we have never had one enquiry for Paul Scholes. You know why? Because they all know he will never leave. in my time he would be in the top six or seven (best United players ever) without a doubt. His contribution and quality have been great, even without the fantastic goals he has scored. [ . . . ] He has that wonderful velvet touch on the ball. When he gets it, it goes stone dead. It is wonderful to see that amidst all the mayhem that can happen in a football match.” KnowsHas BeensEnoughHappensWould BeGoalUnitedQualityDoubtPlayerWonderfulFootballSixStonesBallsSevenFantasticMy TimeContributionVelvetMayhemScholesEnquiryPaul ScholesFootball Match Author:Alex Ferguson
“Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.” PlayerImpossibleFootballBallsEnglandBest FootballFootball PlayerScholes Author:Sven-Goran Eriksson
“Paul Scholes is my favourite player. He epitomises the spirit of Manchester United and everything that is good about football.” SpiritUnitedPlayerFootballFavouriteManchesterManchester UnitedScholesPaul Scholes Author:Bobby Charlton
“I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he's not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the 'ideal.' Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount.” ShouldHas BeensStillsHomeFormPlayerFansStyleFootballHugeAmountLowsIdealsEnglandRateAdmireShirtsSpainProfileLiverpoolScholesPaul ScholesMidfielders Author:Xabi Alonso
“People love a player with ideas, because at the end of the day, the crowd want to be entertained. And with football being only a game, it has to be enjoyable too.” PeopleWantIdeasEndsGamesPlayerFootballCrowdsThe End Of The DayEnjoyable Author:Ernst Happel
“I come from a generation where I couldn't even contemplate such a thing. I find it amazing... You can become a multi-millionaire as a club player without playing international football. But international football is about individual pride and wanting to perform at the highest level. If I got picked at 41, I would have played, even if I thought I would make a fool of myself. I just wanted to play for my country.” IfsCountryPlayWantedIndividualLevelsPlayerGenerationsFootballPrideFoolHighestInternationalClubsContemplatingMillionaire Author:Trevor Brooking
“Making the effort to improve as a human being is what Coach Lombardi was all about. He was able to see the gap between where we were and what we could become-both as football players and as people. And he felt it was his God-given responsibility to close that gap.” PeopleHumansAbleGivenFeltHuman BeingsEffortResponsibilityPlayerFootballCoachesGapsFootball PlayerLombardi Author:Jerry Kramer
“Best football player I played against? I think Messi. He killed us.” ThinkingPlayerFootballBest FootballFootball PlayerMessi Author:Rafael van der Vaart
“I think now Messi is probably done more than most players. But he is in the same class as Alfredo de Stefano, Johan Cruyff, Pelé. When he finishes and he retires, he will automatically become one of them. A player that people will talk about forever, while the game of football is as good and as popular as it is. He is a sensational player.” PeopleThinkingDoneGamesClassForeverPlayerFootballRetiringMessiSensationalCruyff Author:Bobby Charlton
“Much of modern liberalism consists of people trying to get revenge on the football players they felt inferior to in school.” PeopleTryingSchoolFeltPlayerModernFootballRevengeLiberalismInferiorsFootball PlayerModern Liberalism Author:Steve Sailer
“As a professional, as a person, and as a player, I think he's fantastic. It's like he's dancing the tango. I just love how he plays football so elegantly. To me, Andres is Don Andres.” ThinkingPersonsPlayPlayerFootballDancingFantasticTango Author:Dani Alves
“We don't want our players to be monks. We want them to be better football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.” WantPlayLevelsPlayerFootballMonkFootball Player Author:Bobby Robson
“Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi. He holds numerous records, such as the most goals scored in a single La Liga season and the most goals scored in a calendar year. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. He has everything. We must protect him.” WorldYearsPersonsGoalRecordsPlayerFootballProtectSeasonsWorriedBeing The BestGood PersonCalendarsBest FootballFootball PlayerMessiBeing A Good PersonCristiano RonaldoLeo Messi Author:Jose Mourinho
“They call it football, but the object of the game is to bash the other guy so hard that he's eventually carried off the field on a stretcher. I can't watch football anymore. My psychiatrist said it's better that way. I used to watch a game, see the players in a huddle - and think they were talking about me.” ThinkingWaySaidI CanHardUsedGuyGamesTalkingWatchesPlayerFieldsObjectsFootballPsychiatristOther GuysBashTalking About Me Author:Jackie Mason
“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 Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)” IfsMenShouldYearsPlayerFootballHe ManEnglandFootballerLiverpool FcKremlin Author:Bill Shankly
“There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.” KnowsWorldKidsAgeCertainCuttingPlayerFootballEnglandThroatMates Author:Frank Lampard
“Every girl who has dated a football player ... They all have sex the same way.” WayGirlSexPlayerFootballFootball PlayerEvery Girl Author:Kim Kardashian
“A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player such as Bossis, Baresi or Baggio for the rest of his career.” ShouldEndsPlayActionProcessResultsCareersPlayerFootballFineDecidedMarkEnd ResultsFootball Match Author:Michel Patini
“Doping in English football is restricted to lager and baked beans with sausages. After which the players take to the field, belching and farting. English football culture is one of pure, intense competition, and that's why I have always preferred it to Italy.” CulturePlayerFieldsFootballPureCompetitionIntenseBeansSausageDopingEnglish FootballLagerBelchingBaked Beans Author:Paolo Di Canio
“The caliber of play in professional football compared to college is better and everybody knows it. They don't realize how much better. What a giant leap forward in the ability of talent level, the speed, and even the grasp of what you are trying to do. There is no other distractions before the players.” KnowsTryingPlayRealizingAbilityLevelsPlayerTalentFootballCollegeSpeedGiantsLeapDistractionCaliber Author:Marv Levy
“Every profession has changed. Journalism has changed. Medicine has changed. Technology has changed and it evolves. The same is true of football. Free agency has now allowed teams to be a dynasty as they have been before. It is not a great thing for the fans, but it is a good thing for the players.” Has BeensTechnologyPlayerTeamFansChangedFootballMedicineGood ThingsProfessionGreat ThingsJournalismEvolveAgencyDynastyFree Agency Author:Marv Levy