Football Identity Quotes

My parents are from north London, and so it's not like I'm some Yank who wants to make a profit out of football. I don't care about making money. I just want to see Spurs succeed and, if I can help, that's great.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

People talk about what I did in my private life more than if I'm good at football. 'Oh yeah, he was good, but I don't like him because of this.' But you don't know me! Know me as a footballer.

Now I am finally a City player, and that's all I wanted since the start.

I had an opportunity to play for Paris St-Germain when I was younger and it's important for me to represent a club with that amount of history because of the type of footballer I am.

Liverpool without European football is like a banquet without wine.

Everton Football Club is more important than the individual.

Football spectators appreciate a bit of loyalty, and we're seeing that less and less. There are echelons of football, as in society, where some players are clearly mercenaries. I regret in a way that somehow the local identification, the local bonding between the community and its football team has been commercialised to such an extent.

I came out as a winger, I played as a winger a couple of games.

Playing United is the sort of thing that really gets the best out of me.

I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.

It took me years to separate Nick Foles the person from Nick Foles the football player.

My dream is to play for Argentina because I feel Argentinian.

I don't want people paying too much attention about what I am outside of football, what I'm doing, and asking: 'Who is N'Golo?'

I think I'm pretty misunderstood, because I'm not just about football.

It was football for me always.

I know I wore number 70 in high school, and then when I got to Virginia Tech, I decided to go with the No. 78, and from that point, I just fell in love with and I wanted to make that number special.

Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.

I play football and I want to be considered as a footballer.

I don't call myself a women's footballer; I say I'm a footballer.

There are a lot of Kylians, but only one Kylian Mbappe.

You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.

I don't see myself as Johnny Football.

I was brought up in Glasgow, and I was a big Celtic follower.