Konate Footballer Quotes

People say footballers have terrible taste in music but I would dispute that. In the car at the moment I've got The Corrs, Cher, Phil Collins, Shania Twain and Rod Stewart. ~ Andy Gray

Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world. ~ Oliver Kahn

Messi is the best player in the world. If he's not already, he'll be the best footballer of all time. ~ LeBron James

Scholes was playing tiki-taka football when nobody in England knew what it was. He was another of those players, like Denis Law or Bobby Moore, who at 15 probably looked as if he wouldn't make it. Too small, you would think - can't run, dumpy little ginger nut - but then the ball would come to him and he would dazzle you. He was the best footballer in that Manchester United midfield, better than Ryan Giggs and Roy Keane. ~ Harry Redknapp

I don't understand referees. It appears like some players can't even be touched, but in my case, everyone can hit me as hard as they can. ~ Cristiano Ronaldo

The other side of the coin is that fans can panic players into making poor decisions. The more unsettled a crowd gets, the worse the football on show will become - I've seen it a million times. Certain grounds have a reputation. Whenever I've played at Wolverhampton Wanderers or West Ham United , every manager has said "Keep this lot quiet for 20 minutes, and their fans will start getting on their back". ~ The Secret Footballer

What you've got to realise is that footballers, and me in particular, have seen everything in the changing room. Everything. I've seen the manager kicking off with the players, the players kicking off with him, players fighting each other, managers fighting, everything. ~ Ryan Giggs

I got injured when I was a kid, and it prevented me from becoming a footballer. ~ Matt Smith

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids. ~ Diego Della Valle

Beckham in Paris will certainly be good for shopping. I love this player but he is not the footballer he was. And if he comes to Paris now it will be to do something other than football. ~ Michel Patini

I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing. ~ Ade Akinbiyi

What role models do kids have nowadays?Some ridiculously overpaid footballer prone to childish tantrums?The morons in the Big Brother house,perhaps? Or maybe the various gun-toting rappers who regularly delight us with their expletive-ridden vocabulary and eccentric attitude to women? ~ Frank Chalk

It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face, my family that I love, that's all that really matters to me. ~ Marshawn Lynch

It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners. ~ Roberto Baggio

Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work. ~ Abbey Clancy

I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer. ~ George Best

Who is the Best Player in the World? Leo Messi. ~ Marco Van Basten

Ronaldinho is a special player, but Thierry Henry is probably technically the most gifted footballer ever to play the beautiful game. ~ Zinedine Zidane

Germany are a very difficult team to play ... they have eleven internationals out there today. ~ Steve Lomas

You have to put all the criticism of this club down to jealousy. United have produced more players who have played for their country, more world-class players and more players who have won European Footballer of the Year than any other team in this country, so we must be doing something right. ~ Alex Ferguson

If I wasn't a footballer, I would be a virgin ~ Peter Crouch

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment. ~ Thierry Henry

I run an academy in Spain for young footballers who are released by their clubs and who, in my opinion, deserve a second chance. It is a rewarding job for me, but one that also reveals many of the faults in the English game. ~ Glenn Hoddle

Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been a virgin. ~ Peter Crouch

If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens ~ J. J. Watt

As a footballer's wife, I take great exception to the way we are portrayed in Footballers' Wives. ~ Karren Brady

Having a stadium in France named after a footballer from the Ivory Coast, even if I'm proud of my France-Ivory Coast background, is a great proof of integration. ~ Didier Drogba

The street is the best way to become a good footballer. ~ Michel Patini

If you want to be a professional footballer, you have to respect your profession. You have to respect the people that are making you the star you are. You have to protect the passion everyday. ~ Emmanuel Petit

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype. ~ Frank Lampard

But really it says everything that's wrong about the publishing industry, that a quarter of a million people bought and read a sex and shopping novel that wasn't even written by one of those footballer girlfriends, and yet most of the shortlisted titles on the Orange Prize, which is an award for women writers, don't even sell ten thousand copies. It's just not right. ~ Sarra Manning

You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team. ~ Eric Cantona

Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary. ~ Franck Ribery

I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it. ~ Luis Suarez

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young. ~ Michael Owen

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad. ~ Walter Smith

Every professional footballer should seek to play at least one game at Celtic Park. I have never felt anything like it. ~ Paolo Maldini

My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study. ~ Carles Puyol

Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time. ~ Wayne Rooney