Football Training Quotes

I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.

Being sporty at heart, I've wanted to learn football since I was a child. But I never got the chance because, growing up, my family didn't have the finances for extra-curricular activities.

Football players have some bodies! Oh my goodness!

A lot of the moves I make originate from futsal. It's played in a very small space, and the ball control is different in futsal. And to this day my ball control is pretty similar to a futsal player's control.

My love of wine happened organically while being in Napa Valley during training camp while playing for the Oakland Raiders in the 90s.

I believe that, deep down at heart, I'm a football player.

I've been playing semi-professional football since I was 14, really.

I was born a football player and I love this game.

I feel like I've got a lot of football things I need to work on to have that success that I want to have in this league.

There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.

I made it to the NFL and I had an injury, a really bad injury, actually, where I was out for 18 months in football. And the doctor said it was career-ending.

I played a lot at Bayer Leverkusen. I played in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga. I have played a lot of games, and it was a very good decision to go to Leverkusen.

I think offensive linemen generally took the weight room and the workouts much more seriously, because we saw that it was a vital part of our training. We needed to be big and strong, and our muscles needed to be in good shape to handle the beatings.

I just want to play football.

Best player? For me, it's Paul Scholes. He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, “You see that tree over there?” - it'll be 40 yards away - “I'm going to hit it”. And he'll do it. Everyone at the club considers him the best.

I started playing full-equipment football when I was 6 years old. My mom actually got me started in it.

I just remember playing in my school and then getting invited to go along to train with a development squad at Reading. My first training session, the manager said, 'You have to come and play with the academy girls,' so that would probably be my first footballing memory.

For me to be able to play football was a gift.

Growing up at United and training with him day-in, day-out, you learn a lot from him. Wazza is always there, and you can talk to him. He has been through a lot of experiences in his life, and he is always happy to pass that experience down to the younger players.

At Barca we trained every day with the ball. I hardly even took a step running without a ball at my feet.

He is an example of a La Masia player. Technically he is unbelievable.

Football is pretty much played 16 times a year, where training is kind of a year-round thing.

Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.

I hate touch football.

In Detroit, the quarterbacks lift with all the linebackers and running backs and everybody else, so I'm doing that whole thing.