Even though I feel very privileged to play football, with the things I have experienced within the game, it is not something I would be shouting from the rooftops, to recommend to people's children to be footballers. Because there are a lot of things that happen on a day-to-day basis at club football that I wouldn't wish on anybody.

Danny Rose

We're professional footballers, so we have to go out there and perform as best we can and try and get the results that we want.

Aaron Ramsey

Want Try T

When I was in school with my friends and stuff, you always used to put yourself in the situation of footballers of the time and pretend to be them.

Aaron Ramsey

Time Yourself Yours

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

Ada Hegerberg

Were T Professional

We wanted to be footballers, not part of some gang.

Adama Traore

Art Wanted Want

Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.

Adebayo Akinfenwa

Life Want Walk

Everyone likes to be praised for their work and footballers are no different but the key thing is staying level-headed.

Adebayo Akinfenwa

Work Yin Very

People think that football is all glamour and money but trust me all footballers go through the same boring and annoying things as everybody else.

Adebayo Akinfenwa

Trust Money Yin

Boredom does get you into trouble and we footballers have a lot of time on our hands, and sometimes we fill up that time with stuff that isn't always positive.

Adebayo Akinfenwa

Time Positive You

My body shape has transformed as sports science research has developed. It used to be thought that footballers needed to be big and do lots of weights and little cardio.

Alex Scott

Sports Science Car

When I arrived in Milan, I found myself surrounded by many fantastic footballers.

Alexandre Pato

UN T Surrounded

Acting has never been a thing that me and my dad have talked about. It's like footballers: when they get together, I bet the last thing they talk about is football.

Alfie Allen

Together Tin Thing

It's a dream that we, as women footballers, get to play in the same stadium as the men.

Ali Krieger

Women Men T

I don't know if my perspective is different because my dad played but I've always admired footballers: second division players, second division B players.

Ander Herrera

Ways Way Vision

People see footballers as different beings, as if we're untouchable, as if nothing ever happens to us, but we're people. Of course we're privileged, but in the tangibles, we're the same.

Andres Iniesta

Vile Us Untouchable

I remember when I was retiring I said to my kids 'I promise you I'll never put on weight' because people always think footballers retire and eat and drink and put on loads of weight.

Andy Cole

You Weight Weigh

I want to win the Champions League, which is a dream for all footballers, for a second time.

Angel Di Maria

Time Win Which

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.

Angela Merkel

Women Time Sports

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.

Anna Friel

Learning Who Well

Those of us who have feeling, who are sensitive, who can be affected, need a good shield. Footballers are very young and they're exposed. Even at under-15s, players have Twitter and I'm sure they're already getting insults... it's ugly, it sullies society and football.

Bojan Krkic

Society Good Young

Barcelona have a unique approach to the game based on specific types of footballers playing together as one.

Bojan Krkic

Yin Unique UN

I've seen a life many, many footballers had never seen.

Bruce Grobbelaar

In the end, the important thing is that you decide where you will be happy and where you can do well, to show that as well as being footballers, we are people.

Carlos Vela

Footballers are always learning new things.

Casemiro

Like many professional footballers, I have the legacy of injuries picked up over my career but the effect on my day-to-day training and on matchday is non-existent.

Charlie Austin

Like bankers, top footballers are massively overpaid, but at least you comprehend what they're doing for the money.

Charlie Brooker

When you talk about professional footballers, rightly or wrongly, people often already have an idea in their head about what they're like; they'll paint a picture before they've met them.

Chris Coleman

Everyone has their own background and some managers are Premier League footballers, international footballers, some of them find themselves getting jobs.

Chris Wilder

There is a lot of crap spoken about footballers being nomads but when you get to a club and you create a spirit, there is no doubt players want to do well for their team-mates and club.

Chris Wilder

My players have to be competitors before footballers. They don't pull out of tackles in training. It's full-tilt and if we pick up injuries, we pick up injuries. They have to give everything on the pitch and leave it all out there.

Chris Wilder

People think that footballers just have a kick around with their mates. If they win, fine; if they don't, that's then fine, too. No pasa nada. No. You have an obligation and responsibility.

Dani Alves

I think the stereotype about footballers being badly dressed is unfair.

Daniel Sturridge

Things have evolved, and footballers pay a lot more attention to how they dress and how they groom themselves because of social media. So they'll be on Instagram or Twitter, and I think it's one of those things - you're in the public eye more, probably, than playing football on television, and your lifestyle at home is broadcast.

Daniel Sturridge

Even though I feel very privileged to play football, with the things I have experienced within the game, it is not something I would be shouting from the rooftops, to recommend to people's children to be footballers. Because there are a lot of things that happen on a day-to-day basis at club football that I wouldn't wish on anybody.

Danny Rose

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

I always give my best on the field, but I think modern footballers have a big opportunity to make a difference in peoples' lives.

David Luiz

Footballers have a great opportunity to be a good example because the kids want to listen to you and be like you in many ways.

David Luiz

In England, especially, mentally if you're not strong it can eat you up. There's the media, all the negativity surrounding footballers. If you're not mentally strong, it can eat you.

DeAndre Yedlin

We often compare footballers with players of the past.

Didier Deschamps

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.

Didier Drogba

I'm friendly - I've never changed - but some people can be intimidated to approach you, especially younger footballers.

Diego Forlan

Argentina produces great footballers, but Uruguay does the same.

Diego Forlan

I don't drive a truck, I drive a team of footballers who work for a major club like Atleti.

Diego Simeone

The game's my life and I'm so passionate about it. When you see your life so intertwined with football it can make things very difficult. You might go and watch a film and start imagining footballers running across the screen, you know?

Diego Simeone

Few footballers at 20 or 21 are the finished article.

Diego Simeone

I have kids, so I can understand the image that footballers have. They are fans of some players; I see in their eyes. They admire and try to imitate their gestures, their words, their celebrations. They love Ronaldo and Messi. Since Euro 2016, though, they have no right to pronounce the name of Ronaldo!

Dimitri Payet

My dream is to see athletes also getting the same recognition, fame, success and money as cricketers, footballers and hockey players get in India.

Dutee Chand

It's football - fans are passionate about it, and sometimes it's difficult for players to take, but we are good men, and we all make mistakes, and we are footballers.

Emmanuel Adebayor

Fans have to try to control their emotions, as we do as footballers.

Emmanuel Adebayor

There are a lot of football clubs that are fantastic football clubs but how they treat footballers is another story.

Eniola Aluko

I'm very happy to play at the World Cup, and that is a message to all footballers and others around the world, that you should believe in your dreams and fight to make them come true.

Essam El Hadary