1.
Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been... a virgin.
Peter Crouch
2.
I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.
Gary Neville
3.
If I wasn't a footballer, I would be a virgin
Peter Crouch
4.
Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.
Gordon Ramsay
5.
There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'
Andres Iniesta
6.
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
8.
I'm a footballer, that's my job and that's all I want to be known for.
Jamie Redknapp
9.
I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer.
George Best
10.
It's impossible to be more of a footballer than Messi.
Frank Rijkaard
11.
Footballers from the street are more important than trained coaches.
Johan Cruijff
12.
I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer.
Paul Gascoigne
13.
He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head.
Derek Johnstone
14.
The street is the best way to become a good footballer.
Michel Patini
16.
Even as a footballer, I was always being creative.
Eric Cantona
17.
Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.
Craig Johnston
18.
The money footballers earn today is incredulous
Bobby Gould
19.
As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons.
Joleon Lescott
20.
Footballers are going on strike? When can they start?
Ann Burton
21.
I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer.
Matt Smith
22.
People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.
Gordon Strachan
23.
Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.
Sepp Blatter