Laxalt Footballer Quotes

All of us together were of a generation born of old country people who spoke English with an accent and prayed in another language, who drank red wine and cooked their food in the old country way, and peeled apples and pears after dinner. ~ Robert Laxalt

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 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

The Barcelona youth program is one of the best in the world. At the age of just 27, he is already their record goalscorer in competitive, league, as well as continental games. He is a sensation, but still he can improve. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. ~ Thierry Henry

I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer. ~ Cristiano Ronaldo

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled. ~ Andres Iniesta

I tend to get starstruck with sports people. I was on a chat show with retired Scottish footballer Denis Law and I just lost it and couldn't talk to him. ~ Martin Shaw

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

I'm a footballer, I don't think past next Saturday. ~ Joleon Lescott

It is annoying. The work we do is not getting the credit it deserves because we are not winning silverware. It is unfair because I think we have more merit as a club than those who have built their teams with millions of pounds whereas Arsenal have brought in young footballers, who have come here to play a certain kind of football and who have developed. ~ Samir Nasri

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else. ~ John B. Keane

I want to be a footballer - and that means playing on a Saturday afternoon. ~ Charlie Adam

Sometimes in football you have to score goals. ~ Thierry Henry

When I was seven I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it's put me now! ~ David Beckham

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

A politician taking campaign money from gamblers in Nevada is like one taking campaign money from the auto people in Michigan. Gambling is our legal business. ~ Paul Laxalt

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

[Deficits are] a yawner. We, as Republicans, have talked about deficits and balanced budgets since the days of Roosevelt, and the people simply haven't listened, because they can't relate to those huge numbers. ~ Paul Laxalt

Footballers do get a hard time, and there is a lot of generalization going on. When you get to meet players and know them as lads, it's always a bit different. ~ Frank Lampard

I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one. ~ Brian Clough

I wouldn't want to go out six nights a week and watch somebody's reserves playing to check out a footballer to see if we're going to buy him. ~ Gary Lineker

Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the full - you want to win games, and as a result, trophies. ~ Ryan Giggs

I reached out and touched him on the arm and said uncertainly, "They want us to come back."

Without turning, he shook his head and cried shakenly, "I can't go back. It ain't my country any more. I've lived too much in America ever to go back." And then, angrily, "Don't you know that?"

...Then I saw a cragged face that that land had filled with hope and torn with pain, had changed from young to old, and in the end had claimed. And then, I did know it. ~ Robert Laxalt

Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player. ~ Alex Ferguson

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person. ~ Zinedine Zidane

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

If a footballer presents himself as a family man and goes and has sex with a prostitute, should he gag her? ~ Nicky Campbell

As an artist, you normally reach your peak of creativity, regardless of whether you are singing or acting, when you develop the greatest possible freedom within very strict boundaries.

For I can't just improvise away while the band's playing something different. I have to say my lines and maintain my position. By the same token a footballer must stick to the rules too.

But the most exciting thing is when people manage, within the rules, to develop a freedom that is unpredictable surprising and simply artistic and marvellous. ~ Jasmin Tabatabai

The money footballers earn today is incredulous ~ Bobby Gould

He is a very complete, spectacular footballer. He always fights for the ball and tries to lose his marker to help his team-mates - either to defend or to have a shot on goal. For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. I would happily end my career with the medals that Scholes has. I am young and I hope that I will be able to surpass him - but it is not going to be easy. ~ Cesc Fabregas

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

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

He knew that he, Millat, was a Paki no matter where he came from; that he smelled of curry; had no sexual identity; took other people's jobs; or had no job and bummed off the state; or gave all the jobs to his relatives; that he could be a dentist or a shop-owner or a curry-shifter, but not a footballer or a filmmaker; that he should go back to his own country; or stay here and earn his bloody keep; that he worshiped elephants and wore turbans; that no one who looked like Millat, or spoke like Millat, or felt like Millat, was ever on the news unless they had recently been murdered. ~ Zadie Smith

I'll have you know that I am not a failed Third Division footballer. I am a failed Second Division footballer. ~ Eamon Dunphy

How would you know a Cork footballer? He's the one who thinks that oral sex is just talking about it. ~ John B. Keane

There is no excuse for a professional footballer not to be 100% fit. ~ Jock Stein

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

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

Even as a footballer, I was always being creative. ~ Eric Cantona

If I wasn't acting, I'd try and be a footballer. I wouldn't be a musician because I can't write my own music. Realistically, I'd probably do something with dogs, like a vet or something. I love animals. ~ Jamie Blackley

Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely. ~ Gordon Ramsay

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest. ~ Ruud Van Nistelrooy

To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now. ~ Thierry Henry

As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best. ~ David Beckham

Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass. ~ Terry Crews