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
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.
My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.
Ada Hegerberg
We wanted to be footballers, not part of some gang.
Adama Traore
Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.
Adebayo Akinfenwa
Everyone likes to be praised for their work and footballers are no different but the key thing is staying level-headed.
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.
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.
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
When I arrived in Milan, I found myself surrounded by many fantastic footballers.
Alexandre Pato
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
It's a dream that we, as women footballers, get to play in the same stadium as the men.
Ali Krieger
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
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
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
I want to win the Champions League, which is a dream for all footballers, for a second time.
Angel Di Maria
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
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
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
Barcelona have a unique approach to the game based on specific types of footballers playing together as one.
I've seen a life many, many footballers had never seen.
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.
Footballers are always learning new things.
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.
Like bankers, top footballers are massively overpaid, but at least you comprehend what they're doing for the money.
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.
Everyone has their own background and some managers are Premier League footballers, international footballers, some of them find themselves getting jobs.
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.
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.
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.
I think the stereotype about footballers being badly dressed is unfair.
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.
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.
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?
I always give my best on the field, but I think modern footballers have a big opportunity to make a difference in peoples' lives.
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.
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.
We often compare footballers with players of the past.
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.
I'm friendly - I've never changed - but some people can be intimidated to approach you, especially younger footballers.
Argentina produces great footballers, but Uruguay does the same.
I don't drive a truck, I drive a team of footballers who work for a major club like Atleti.
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?
Few footballers at 20 or 21 are the finished article.
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!
My dream is to see athletes also getting the same recognition, fame, success and money as cricketers, footballers and hockey players get in India.
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.
Fans have to try to control their emotions, as we do as footballers.
There are a lot of football clubs that are fantastic football clubs but how they treat footballers is another story.
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.
