Professional Soccer Player Quotes

At Shakhtar I was already established and was comfortable with the way the team played.

Of course I have ambition to become World Champions with Oranje.

The end goal is to become FIFA Women's Player of the Year.

I don't know how you get in the England squad without getting in the Arsenal team.

Thierry Henry is Thierry Henry. I still have everything to prove. By continuing to work, I will try to reach his level, but I am still very far off.

I think Callum Hudson-Odoi can go to the top.

I signed a five-year contract with Barcelona. I'll be here for a long time.

I can bring Neymar to Real Madrid.

If I could have been anyone in the world, it would have been Ronaldinho. He's fantastic, I love watching him.

Wayne Rooney has always made a great impression on me, even though I have only ever seen him on television.

I would be very proud if, one day, I'm held in the same esteem as George Best or Beckham. It's what I'm working hard towards.

I know Schweinsteiger very well, and I used to play with him. He's a very good guy and a legend.

The opponent I have most admired during my career is Paolo Maldini.

I'm here now playing for Chelsea. I chose to leave my home at Athletic Bilbao, and it was an important step in my career.

What I need to do is establish myself as Oliver Burke and not as the new Gareth Bale. To do that I need to work hard in La Liga.

It's a big surprise for me because if somebody asked me when I was playing if Frank Lampard would be a manager, I would say no because he's very quiet.

107 caps isn't bad for someone who isn't 'a top, top player', is it? I never expected to get that amount of caps. When I made my debut, I set myself the personal target of trying to get 50 caps and score 10 goals if I could. So to have 107 is something I am really proud of, particularly being among those names.

I love soccer. That's my passion. That's what I make a living doing.

When I was sold from Real Madrid to Inter, I would have preferred to have remained in Spain.

It is truly an amazing feeling to play in the final of the Champions League with the BVB at Wembley. Ahead of my transfer to Dortmund, I definitely hadn't thought about this being a possible scenario.

I arrived in Europe with so many dreams and already Bayern have helped me achieve many of them.

I would love to have a career like Zinedine Zidane. He stopped playing, took some time, realised he liked coaching, and started working in the youth academy. I could follow a similar path.

I wish Kylian to have the same career as Thierry Henry.

Yes, I can confirm that the Rossoneri made an offer for me, it was really an honour to be coveted by them, but my desire was to remain with Hercules.

I have never said I would leave Arsenal.